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Summary: Missed its target!
Review: A good title right up my ally. So I bought the book. Guess what? It is just another statistics book. Nothing in it geared toward those of us who are utterly confused. I was so disappointed. I really would like to see a book that interpreted statistics. what does all this stuff mean for the guy on the street and how can he use statistics to help him. Haven't found a book yet. I'll accept any recomendations.Jimmy
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Summary: clearing up statistics
Review: As a student dreading the thought of the required statistics class, I found this book to be very helpful. It is much easier to understand than other statistical tutorial products I have used. The tests at the end of the chapters are a fantastic review of the material presented. Having the correct answers let me see where I had misunderstandings and spend more time working on those concepts. I found the statistics class to be a relatively painless, even enjoyable, experience because the book made statistics easy to learn.
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Summary: Another boring book
Review: Based on the catchy title, I had hoped the book would be entertaining, like the "How to Ace Calculus" series. The title, alas, is a bait and switch, perhaps added as an afterthought by the publisher. I teach mathematics, and this book was no better or worse than the average dry textbook. It even has the usual incredibly boring chapter titles like "Data Description- Numerical Measures of Variability for Ungrouped Univariant Data." No wonder regular students find statistics so dry and confusing. Starving students would do better to buy a used statistics textbook at a "Friends of the Library" sale.
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Summary: Great book
Review: Dr. Jaisingh did a good job in putting this book together. I'm sure it took many hours of hard work. I found the book to be very helpful to me when doing my statistics homework.
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Summary: Recommended
Review: For me, more revelant than "Stats for Dummies", the Utterly Confused stats book is more focused toward business stats. I found the Cliffs book a bit stiff, Dummies too loose and Utterly confused just about right. At least it helped decipher the Business Stats text book I was trying to wrap my arms around. There's no substitute for a Stats course, and the utterly confused stats book should help ease one into the lingo and nomenclature rather than suffer a head-on crash with syllabus and curriculum.
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Summary: Recommended
Review: For me, more revelant than "Stats for Dummies", the Utterly Confused stats book is more focused toward business stats. I found the Cliffs book a bit stiff, Dummies too loose and Utterly confused just about right. At least it helped decipher the Business Stats text book I was trying to wrap my arms around. There's no substitute for a Stats course, and the utterly confused stats book should help ease one into the lingo and nomenclature rather than suffer a head-on crash with syllabus and curriculum.
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Summary: Statistics for the Utterly Confused
Review: I am a student at Morehead State University and Business Statistics is one of the most difficult classes in my course requirements until I discovered the book, Statistics for the Utterly Confused. The layout of the book was very thorough and easy to read. I truly appreciated the examples given throughout each chapter. The 'quick tips' and 'its a wrap' sections of the book helped me make sure that I understood the key points that were discussed! I would advise anyone who is having a difficult time with statistics to definitely purchase this book. It was a great investment that helped out tremendously!
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Summary: Still Confused
Review: I am an MBA student and ordered this book in the hopes that it would be more readable than the text assigned. It is not. I am no closer to grasping this subject than I was at the beginning of the semester and out an additional $13.56. If you are looking for a different perspective on the subject that makes it more understandable; this book is NOT for you.
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Summary: Don't take statistics without it.
Review: I bought the book looking for something to assist in prepping people for 6 Sigma training in the statistics of analyze phase. Many people have been out of school for a long time or never got into the statistics of 6 sigma before. The goal was to find a primer to help them over the hump before the training. I found this book to he helpful to me, and have to test it on someone less familar with statistics. What I liked about it is that it covered 90% of the topics I needed, ANOVA, multi-variate statistics, DOE, and non-parametrics are not included. It did provide a clear, concise description of the topics in a manner that should not lose non-mathematicans. It is not rigorous like a text book, but does a descent job of explaining things in lay language while attempting to bridge the gap between lay language and more correct useage. My search was not exhustive, but I like this book, and I know it helped one co-worker understand the basics in her college stats course. Where I found it a little weak is in describing the mathematical notations used (summation signs, etc.). It could have been a little stronger at translating the statistics in to practical useage in the real world.
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Summary: Simple and Concise
Review: I bought the book looking for something to assist in prepping people for 6 Sigma training in the statistics of analyze phase. Many people have been out of school for a long time or never got into the statistics of 6 sigma before. The goal was to find a primer to help them over the hump before the training. I found this book to he helpful to me, and have to test it on someone less familar with statistics. What I liked about it is that it covered 90% of the topics I needed, ANOVA, multi-variate statistics, DOE, and non-parametrics are not included. It did provide a clear, concise description of the topics in a manner that should not lose non-mathematicans. It is not rigorous like a text book, but does a descent job of explaining things in lay language while attempting to bridge the gap between lay language and more correct useage. My search was not exhustive, but I like this book, and I know it helped one co-worker understand the basics in her college stats course. Where I found it a little weak is in describing the mathematical notations used (summation signs, etc.). It could have been a little stronger at translating the statistics in to practical useage in the real world.
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