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teach yourself statistics

goal
specialized knowledge
category
maths

content
interpret tables and graphs
use statistics in everyday contexts
understand basic statistical ideas

paperback isbn: 0 340 85972 5 price: £8.99
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Teach Yourself Statistics is a lively and straightforward introduction to statistics for students and professionals from a wide variety of disciplines.

This book stresses the ideas and applications of statistics through stimulating and relevant models. Minimal knowledge of maths is required to understand the book, but it is assumed the reader has access to a calculator. Exercises throughout the text are carefully graded, with sample answers provided.
It shows you how to interpret and present figures, and draws on examples from a wide variety of everyday contexts, using real data taken from business, education and many other fields.

This edition features a new section entirely concerned with the statistics in everyday life, and suggested websites in order to take your interest further.

Alan Graham, the author, is a lecturer in Mathematics Education at the Open University. He is also a former Visiting Professor in Auckland, New Zealand. His particular interest is statistics and he has written a number of books and OU course units in this field. He has given numerous workshops and lectures to teachers on a variety of themes.

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