Statistics

I hate pure math but love statistics. For some reason I am able to apply it to real life and things that interest me more.

Like others said...attend all classes, do the work the same night it is assigned (or at least start it) that way if you get stuck you have time to get help.

Do as many problems as you can stand doing for each type of problem too.

Good luck. I think you will like it.

stat was easy, i took it last semester and got an A
one of the easiest math class youll ever take

I HATED high school algebra, I barely made it through my second year. Then I attempted pre-calculus and failed miserably.

However, I loved statistics. You only need some basic algebra knowledge and you should be able to get a grasp of most concepts. If you go to class everyday you can do great. Don't fear it!

I wish I went to the school you guys went to because for us formulas were not given to us. You had to know them yourself. I don't think statistics is really hard, just that it can be a little confusing. I'm not going to say it was easy because from what I've seen schools vary in their ways of teaching it. I wouldn't go as far to say you need to know excel though. It depends on the professor and the school. What school do you go to?

I'm lousy at math and made a B in stats. It's more interesting to me than more theoretical math. I could actually see the point of statistics.

I definitely agree that you should do all the homework assignments because it does help with understanding the concepts better. Make sure you learn how to use your graphing calculator because it does help a lot if your teacher allows you to use it during the test. Statistics may seem hard at first but once you figure out the formulas and what is it asking for you will think it is sort of fun. Definitely pay attention to class lectures and always ask questions when you don't understand a concept because it will help you with your homework and prepare you for the test.

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I just took stats and I was full of info .you just have to be very attentive to most detail and be best of friends with your calculator and plus I watched stats videos on youtube.com And it helped me a bit because my textbook was extremely unhelpful . it's easy you can do it

Put me in the "totally hate math" camp! *LOL*Left stats along with qualitative math until my final year, last semester when it was either "do or die" in order to graduate (this was from my BS major, not nursing), and to my surprise stats wasn't as bad as one thought, and managed to get a B+!As others have stated, stats isn't about long formulas and order of operations, it is about real world matters one can get one's mind around. A final plus you will finally understand what is meant by "this poll as an error rate of plus or minus five percent". Was cleaning my bookcase the other day and finally got around to chucking the textbook into a bag of books going to Goodwill.

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.

Having taken high school trigonometry and calculus, and college statistics, I'd take stats over trig/calc any day!

I agree with others that it's less about "doing math" and more about knowing how to answer the questions being asked.

Side note -- if "story problems" made you moan in anguish and gnash your teeth, you might have more trouble with stats than if story problems weren't a particular difficulty for you. Stats is basically a bunch of big story problems -- they throw info at you, and you have to know what they're asking for and how you plug the numbers into the formulas.