The lecture requires previous statistical knowledge at Bachelor level. The material in question is covered by "Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics" by Neil J. Salkind.
Information about the book:
Salkind, N. J. (2017). Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics. 6th ed. Los
Angeles: SAGE.
In the table below, you will find a more detailed list of the prerequisite prior knowledge.
You do not have to buy the book, the
book is provided as PDF file on ILIAS.
You will find the solutions to the "Practices" in Appendix D of the book.
| Chapters from Salkind's textbook | Pages Theory |
Pages Practice |
| PART I YIPPEE! I'M IN STATISTICS | ||
| 1. Statistics or Sadistics? (No practice) | 5–16 | |
| PART II SIGMA FREUD AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS | ||
| 2.
Means to an End: Computing and Understanding … (Practice: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7) |
21–34 | 38–41 |
| 3.
Vive la Difference: Understanding Variability (Practice: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9) |
43–51 | 55–56 |
| 4.
A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words (Practice: 1) |
59–65 | 77 |
| 5.
lce Cream and Crime: Computing Correlation Coefficients (No practice) |
81–91 | |
| PART III TAKING CHANCES FOR FUN AND PROFIT | ||
| 7.
Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions (No practice) |
133–140 | |
| 8.
Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why It Counts (Practice: 1) |
149–156 | 171 |
| PART IV SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT: USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS | ||
| 9.
Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me (Practice: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |
177–184 | 195 |