Does anyone know of a good statistics text

[Sue in MN]

or course? It needs to have good explanations as it is one course I never took myself. Is Algebra I & II and Geometry enough of a foundation for such a course? I can find texts but I have no idea what I'm looking at. Thanks for any help you can give me.

Sue in MN

[Jane in NC]

WTM poster "Blue Hen" teaches Statistics for PA Homeschoolers. Why don't you send her a PM with your questions?

Best,
Jane

[Sue in MN]

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[KAR120C]

I have to say, the text itself is a little dull.... but it's well explained. It's Introduction to the Practice of Statistics by Moore and McCabe. What I really like about it is that it's used by Against All Odds (statistics tele-course) on www.learner.org (http://www.learner.org) which is not dull (dated certainly, but not dull! LOL) and they go very well together. There are also a lot of useful support materials, like SAS and Minitab manuals, and guides to using Excel and TI graphing calculators with relevant exercises.

Definitely Algebra 2 -- you can get through a lot of it with just Algebra 1, but there are a few topics (like logarithms) that will come up from Algebra 2... and I'd want to see a good graphing background (including transformations) going into it, too.

Hope this helps!!

[Sue in MN]

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[2cents]

I've got the perfect textbook! I used this one to help out with a basic college statistics course. My counselor recommended this book and I didn't get it at first. Finally I did and it was like a miracle. Everything was explained so well and clearly! This book has a permanent place on my shelf because it was/is so good.

Book:
Understandable Statistics by Charles Henry Brase

[cathmom]

I just saw that there is a book called "Statistics for the Utterly Confused." I have seen the Spanish one and it was great, so this one might be worth checking out.

[periwinkle]

I have to say, the text itself is a little dull.... but it's well explained. It's Introduction to the Practice of Statistics by Moore and McCabe. What I really like about it is that it's used by Against All Odds (statistics tele-course) on www.learner.org (http://www.learner.org) which is not dull (dated certainly, but not dull! LOL) and they go very well together. There are also a lot of useful support materials, like SAS and Minitab manuals, and guides to using Excel and TI graphing calculators with relevant exercises.


:iagree:with this recommendation. Oldest ds used this to self-study for the AP Stats test his senior year (and he got a 5).

[Sue in MN]

Thank you all so much. You've given me a place to start looking and I really appreciate it.

Sue