Dr. Laurie's Introduction to Statistical Methods

Taylor & Francis

First Published in 2017. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an Informa company. > First Published in 2017. In this book Dr. Laurie Graham Dodge shares some important fundamnetals of introductory statistics. At its core, statistics is a branch of mathematics. It's a collection of tools that help us organize and make sense of information. Unfortunately, most tools are interesting only if we have an interesting use for them. One of the authors\u2019 major goals in writing this book is to provide you with interesting examples that illustrate many of the important uses of statistics. > Introduction 1. To Know Statistics Is to Love Statistics 12. The Picture of Data 3. The Road to Mediocrity: The 3 Ms 4. Percentile Ranks: Where Am I in the Pile? 5. Percentiles and Quartiles: Getting the Big Picture 6. The Standard Deviation: How Deviant Am I? 7. Standard Scores: The Story of z and Its Cousins 8. Bellville: Living in the Bell-Shaped Community 9. From Here to There: Proba.