Given the limited time we have in class and the expectation that you have already completed a course in statistics for admission into the program, we will not be spending much time in class on actually calculating any statistics. Still, this is important for you to recall as we go through this class and as you take other classes in the program. It would be very helpful for you to get a refresher of your basic statistics (this is STRONGLY recommended). Here are some books that I have used and think are good and easy introductions to statistics. Some have been recommended by former students in this class. Please plan on purchasing and reading at least one of these early in the term.
Jaisingh, Lloyd (2000), Statistics for the Utterly Confused, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
Salkind, Neil J. (2000), Statistics for People Who Think They Hate Statistics, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
Urdan, Timothy C. (2001), Statistics in Plain English, Lawrence Earlbaum Association, Publishers, Mahwah, NJ.
Voelker, David H., Peter Z. Orton, and Scott Adams (2001), Statistics: Cliffs Quick Review, Cliff's Notes.