Introduction to Statistics

This is a course designed to take out the intimidation factor from Statistics. It is designed to show you how to, right away, use statistics for your own projects. Everything is explained clearly and simply, using interesting and informative graphics.

The course also shows you the incredible usefulness and power of statistics. The course is a thorough introduction to Statistics, but without getting caught up in a swamp of formulas. Statistics is the study of the •collection •organization •analysis •interpretation and •presentation of data.

It deals with all aspects of data including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of research projects. Statistics is alternately described as a mathematical body of science that pertains to the collection, analysis, interpretation or explanation, and presentation of data, or as a branch of mathematics concerned with collecting and interpreting data. After a brief Introduction we study Measurement and Scales, Statistics, Variables, Graphic Display of Variables, Measures of Central Tendency, Measures of Dispersion, Correlation, Probability, Comparison of Two Means, Types of Variables, Regression Analysis, Analysis of Variance, List of Statistical FormulasIt is a companion course to my online Research Methods and Design course.

Statistics play a fundamental role in research and of our understanding of the world. Statistics are everywhere, they manifest themselves in every quantitative facet of human understanding. In this course we emphasize the role of Scaling Theory as a foundation for all statistical analyses.