Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics

Now fully updated for "big data" analytics and the newest applications, Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics, Forth Edition is the practical, up-to-date introduction to statistics an analytics-for everyone! One easy step at a time, you'll learn all the statistical techniques you'll need for finance, marketing, quality, science, social science, or anything else. Simple jargon-free explanations help you understand every technique, and realistic examples and worked problems give you all the hands-on practice you'll need. This edition contains more practical examples than ever-all updated for the newest versions of Microsoft Excel. You'll find downloadable practice files, templates, data sets, and sample models-including complete solutions you can put right to work in business, school, or anywhere else. Learn how to do all this, and more: Apply statistical techniques to analyze huge data sets and transform them into valuable knowledge Construct and interpret statistical charts and tables with Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc 3 Work with mean, median, mode, standard deviation, Z scores, skewness, and other descriptive statistics Use probability and probability distributions Work with sampling distributions and confidence intervals Test hypotheses with Z, t, chi-square, ANOVA, and other techniques Perform powerful regression analysis and modeling Use multiple regression to develop models that contain several independent variables Master specific statistical techniques for quality and Six Sigma programs Hate math? No sweat. You'll be amazed at how little you need. Like math? Optional "Equation Blackboard" sections reveal the mathematical foundations of statistics right before your eyes. Thought you couldn't learn statistics and analytics? You can-and you will.