Summary:
Do you need to gain confidence with handling numbers and formulae? Do you want a clear, step-by-step guide to the key concepts and principles of statistics? Nearly every aspect of our lives can be subject to statistical analysis, Teach Yourself Statistics is a lively and straightforward introduction that will show you how to interpret, analyse and present figures. Assuming minimal knowledge of maths and using examples from a wide variety of everyday contexts, this book makes often complex concepts and techniques easy to get to grips with. This new edition has been fully updated to include a brand new chapter on ICT. Whether you want to understand the statistics that you are bombarded with every day or are a student or professional coming to statistics from a wide range of disciplines, Teach Yourself Statistics uncovers all.

• Publishing at the same time as Teach Yourself Mathematics Third Edition and Teach Yourself Basic Mathematics Fourth Edition in May 2008.
• This new edition includes a brand new chapter on statistics and ICT. All data, references and examples have been fully updated.
• Assuming no prior mathematical knowledge, this book will guide you through the key concepts and principles clearly and painlessly.
• Suitable for people who want to understand the statistics they are bombarded with in everyday life.
• Useful for professionals who find they need to understand statistics in the work place.
• Essential for students who need to understand statistics as part of their course.

Table of Contents:
about the author
acknowledgements
foreword
introducing statistics
some basic maths
graphing data
choosing a suitable graph
summarizing data
statistics and ICT
lies and statistics
choosing a sample
collecting information
reading tables of data
regression: describing relationships between things
correlation: measuring the strength of a relationship
chance and probability
probability models
deciding on differences
taking it further
appendix
index

About the Author(s):
Alan Graham has lectured in Mathematics Education at the Open University for over 30 years. His particular interest is statistics and he has written a number of books and OU course units in this field. He is also the author of Teach Yourself Basic Mathematics.

Readership:
Those wanting to understand the statistics we are bombarded with everyday as well as professionals and students who need to learn about statistics as part of their work/course.