Easy Stats class

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Does anyone know of an easy on-line Stats class?. I am not the best at math. The thought of having to take it drives me crazy. LOL.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

My guess is that any statistics class that qualifies for your degree is going to be as hard as any other statistics class.

"Easy statistics" is an oxymoron :yes:

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My stat class was online thorough my school. But it was NOT easy at all. I think our tests an quizzes were more difficult online than the ones given in the traditional (in school) class. It was fast paced and difficult having no face to face interaction to ask questions or have the professor show you.

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Specializes in Gerontology.

I think an on-line class would be much more difficult than an in-person class, esp if you are. to good at math in the first place.

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I just finished an online statistics class. It was very time consuming. It wasn't super difficult, but it surely wasn't easy either. It involves a lot of studying, concepts, memorization, and practicing questions.

Trust me, I am no math wizard by any means but I got an A. I put a lot of time into it. If you aren't really strong at math or it's been a while since you have taken algebra, I'd suggest taking an in person statistics class. I spent many hours teaching myself complicated things that would have been much easier if I had someone explaining it step by step. Also, my final exam had to be taken in person at the school and was done by hand. All work had to be shown. Fyi:there are a lot of great statistics lessons on YouTube that explain things very well and show you step by step. Thank god for the people who took the time to make those tutorials.

I think any statistics class will be comparable to another as its all the same concepts. Never heard of an "easy" one, unless it's coming from the mouth of someone who is just naturally good at stats.

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I lucked out with a "doable" stat class but it was in person at a community college in the days before internet. The instructor made it relatively easy for anyone who did the work. He allowed one notecard for quizzes and exams. Essentially, if you were able to do the problems on the day to day homework and did your notecard intelligently, it was all there for you. Majority of the students got B's or A's. I realized, even at that time, that this was a one in a million instructor and course.

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Specializes in ED, Medicine, Case Management.

I took undergrad and graduate statistics online with proctored exams. The class is not hard...it is just a lot of work. There are a lot of tools for statistics, and I found that most of what we did in undergrad was done using excel tools with some minor calculations and what we did in grad school was generally done using statistics software. That being said, you have to understand enough to know what tools to employ, but I found the actual need to do complex calculations pretty rare. One bit of advice: Do not fall behind. Every chapter builds on the previous, and concepts are always reused. Good luck to you.

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The online stats at Grand Canyon University was not easy, but the prof I had was great and no actual tests. Each week we had 2 Discussion questions we had to do----and then reply to other students work. Then due each Sunday 1 had an Excel homework and a workbook problems...So you had a lot of time to do the work, and no pressure of an actual closed book test! Of course 1 had to show ALL their work. It wasn't an easy course, well if your a numbers person maybe!

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Wouldn't you want a class that challenges you and improves your skill? You're going to be working on living people one day. You'd rather make your mistakes in class than on them!

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Wouldn't you want a class that challenges you and improves your skill? You're going to be working on living people one day. You'd rather make your mistakes in class than on them!

In every day nursing...does 1 really use stats?? Not really....math calculations yes..big difference between the 2.....But 1 still wants to take a class where 1 learns something. I don't think a "easy" stats class exists,lol

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