Introductory Statistics

This textbook is a primer for students on statistics. It covers basic statistical operations, an introduction to probability, distributions and regression. The book is divided into a series of 10 chapters covering a basic introduction to common topics for beginners. The goal of the book is to provide sufficient understanding of how to organize and summarize datasets through descriptive and inferential statistics for good decision-making. A chapter on ethics also informs readers about best practices for using statistics in research and analysis. Topics covered: 1. Introduction to Statistics2. Summarizing and Graphing3. Basic Concepts of Probability4. Discrete Random Variables5. Continuous Random Variables6. Sampling Distributions7. Estimation8. Hypothesis Testing9. Correlation and Regression10. Ethics