Introductory Statistics

This textbook is a primer for students on statistics. It covers basic statistical operations, an introduction to probability, distributions and regression. The book is divided into a series of 10 chapters covering a basic introduction to common topics for beginners. The goal of the book is to provide a sufficient understanding of how to organize and summarize datasets through descriptive and inferential statistics for good decision-making. A chapter on ethics also informs readers about best practices for using statistics in research and analysis. Topics covered:1. Introduction to Statistics2. Summarizing and Graphing3. Basic Concepts of Probability4. Discrete Random Variables5. Continuous Random Variables6. Sampling Distributions7. Estimation8. Hypothesis Testing9. Correlation and Regression10. Ethics

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