An interactive online version of this book is available at https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/significantstatistics.
Statistics is about separating the signal from the noise, deciphering what is actually significant versus what is just happening due to random chance. In addition to demonstrating the basic concepts needed to do that, Significant Statistics: An Introduction to Statistics attempts to focus on what is significant and eliminate some of the noise that may commonly be found in many introductory statistics texts.
This book is intended for a one-semester introduction to statistics course for students who are not mathematics or engineering majors. It focuses on the interpretation of statistical results, especially in real world settings, and assumes that students have an understanding of intermediate algebra. It covers the basic ideas of data collection, univariate and bivariate descriptives, and one and two sample inference for means and proportions. It does not emphasize one specific software, and instead offers links to many extra resources. Examples of each topic are explained step-by-step throughout the text and followed by a 'Your Turn' problem that is designed as extra practice for students. Additionally, there are over 600 extra practice problems at the end of the book.
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