With its engaging and conversational tone, this unique book provides a clear introduction to statistics for students in a wide range of fields, and also serves as a statistics refresher for working scientists. It is especially useful for those students in health-science related fields who have no background in biostatistics. KEY FEATURES
- Explains the ideas of statistics without describing the mathematical underpinnings
- Designed for the many students and scientists who prefer verbal explanations over mathematical proofs
- Focuses on how to avoid falling into common conceptual traps
- Works to point out ambiguities in potentially confusing terms and phrases
- Covers a wide breadth of topics in a quick and concise manner
