Statistical Concepts - A First Coursepresents the first ten chapters fromAn Introduction to Statistical Concepts, 4th Edition. Designed for first and lower level statistics courses, this book communicates a conceptual, intuitive understanding of statistics which does not assume extensive or recent training in mathematics and only requires a rudimentary knowledge of algebra.
Covering the most basic statistical concepts, this book is designed to help readers really understand statistical concepts, in what situations they can be applied, and how to apply them to data. Specifically, the text covers basic descriptive statistics, including ways of representing data graphically, statistical measures which describe a set of data, the normal distribution and other types of standard scores, and an introduction to probability and sampling. The remainder of the text covers various inferential tests including those involving tests of means (e.g., t tests), proportions, variances, and correlations.
Providing accessible and comprehensive coverage of topics suitable for an undergraduate or graduate course in statistics, this book is an invaluable resource for students undertaking an introductory course in statistics in any number of social science and behavioral science disciplines.
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