This is certainly not a conventional statistics textbook! Like no other book on Statistics that we have seen, it really gets to the heart of the big ideas of this subject by fully exploiting the TI-83 or TI-84 graphics calculator. Calculator Statistics provides only the bare essentials on theory and formal notation. Also, statistical results are not formally proved here (there are many other good textbooks that do these things). What the book does do is tap into your intuitions about statistics and demonstrates some of its big ideas by letting you play with batches of data on the calculator. This should provide you with a bedrock understanding of what statistics is really about. Once you've grasped the gist of it all, it will be easier for you, later, to read the theoretical stuff with understanding. The book covers a range of statistical ideas that would normally be included in courses at advanced school level or lower college/university level.

What are the contents of the book? 1. Probability 2 Summarising data 3 The Central Limit Theorem 4. Are estimators biased? 5. Correcting bias 6. Regression 7. Investigating least squares 8. Correlation 9.  Binomial beginnings 10. The Binomial distribution 11. The Normal distribution 12. The standard Normal distribution 13. The Z test 14. The t-test 15. Confidence intervals 16. The chi-squared test

What calculator skills are needed? If you are new to the TI-83 or TI-84 calculators, we recommend that you first work through Calculator Maths: Foundations Plus, which provides all the basic calculator skills you will need for Calculator Statistics.   What about basic statistical ideas? Calculator Maths: Handling Data provides a very useful background to Calculator Statistics and if you are a novice at Statistics you are recommended to study this more basic book first.   How much does it cost? Copies cost £9.95.   What size is the book? The book is A4 size and contains 112 pages.   How can I obtain a copy? You can order by phone, email or post. Click here for details.