Introduction to statistics : an intuitive guide for analyzing data and unlocking discoveries / Jim Frost

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prepare for an adventure! -- The importance of statistics -- Data types, graphs, and findings relationship -- Summary statistics and relative standing -- Probability distributions -- Descriptive and inferential statistics -- Statistics in scientific studies -- Experimental methods -- Evaluating experiments -- Wrapping up and your next steps -- My other books -- References -- Index --About the author

This guide starts with an overview of statistics and why it is so important. We proceed to essential statistical skills for understanding different types of data, relationships and distributions. Then we move to using inferential statistics to expand human knowledge, how it fits into the scientific method, and how to design and critique experiments.