Statistics in Plain English
by Timothy C. Urdan
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appears in Statistics and Nonfiction.
This introductory textbook provides an inexpensive, brief overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work and how to interpret them correctly. Each chapter describes a different statistical technique, ranging from basic concepts like central tendency and describing distributions to more advanced concepts su...
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