The Complete Idiot's Guide to Statistics

If you are taking an online course in statistics, you need this book. If you are taking a statistics class where the professor is speaking over your head, you need this book. Dr. Donnelly breaks it down in a way that is understandable to the most liberal arts minded student. He cuts away all the clutter that most books have that are unnecessary, cuts to the chase and makes you laugh while you learn. This book is the next... Read Full Review

This really helped me get up to speed on statistics quickly. The Excel formulas were most useful for real life application. Some books are worth several times there price for what you get out of them. For me, this is one such book. I found the examples easy to follow considering the complex subject matter. Five stars. Topics covered include: standard deviation, median, mode, proablity theory, Chebyshev's theorem, frequency... Read Full Review

Having just started a PhD program after years in the "real world", my statistics skills were well beyond rusty... Fortunately, this book took me from "rusty" to passing my Advance Multivariate Statistics class with an A-! The practical and everyday illustrations of complex statistical concepts really help you understand the basics of statistics. And the author's humorous family examples even make the subject interesting..... Read Full Review

I recently purchased "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Statistics" as a refresher prior to my reentry into the labor force. I had tried to use two textbooks that I had kept from my and my wife's college days. (It had been over 35 years since I had taken a statistics course in college.) While extremely detailed and very thorough, these old textbooks were not written for the casual reader and/or one who just wanted a quick and... Read Full Review

You will not regret this purchase if you are a complete idiot to stat or absolutely terrified of stats. If you have money to buy one basic stat book Buy this one. I do not like the word basicbecause this book explains the major fundamental concepts. I HATE statistics. I dont understand it. Once I read the word CHANCE i just go blank not to mention the Standard deviation. I would sit and think: who would want to make a "Law... Read Full Review