Re: Statistics
I'm taking stats right now and I absolutely love it...and I hated math in high school and college. A trick I use: when a formula looks really complicated and scary, I write down each step to doing the equation in words. For example, for the binomial probability formula (which is taught kind of early on and really isn't that complicated):
1.) Find nCx, which is on my calculator if I press shift and 2
2.) Find p to the x power
3.) Find 1 minus p
4.) Find n minus x
5.) Find the #3's answer to the power of #4's answer
6.) Multiply the answers to numbers 1, 2, and 5 together
And voila, I have an answer. This is doubly nice, because my tests are all open notes, so when I get confused on what I should do next, I can go back to my steps.
By the way, I have a 100% in the class after two out of four tests. So I promise this works.
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