Research Guide: Statistics

This guide is a starting place to help you locate statistics on a variety of topics from many different sources

Understanding Statistics - Books

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Naked Statistics: stripping the dread from the data

Main Collection 519.5 W561n 2014

For those who slept through Stats 101, this book is a lifesaver. Wheelan strips away the arcane and technical details and focuses on the underlying intuition that drives statistical analysis. 

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The Art of Statistics: How to Learn from Data

Main Collection 519.5 S755a 2019

In this "important and comprehensive" guide to statistical thinking (New Yorker), discover how data literacy is changing the world and gives you a better understanding of life's biggest problems.     

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Critical Statistics: seeing beyond the headlines

Main Collection 300.15195 D514c 2019

This accessible and entertaining new textbook provides students with the knowledge and skills they need to understand the barrage of numbers encountered in their everyday lives and studies. 

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Statistics in a Nutshell

Main Collection 519.5 B743s 2012

Need to learn statistics for your job? Want help passing a statistics course? Statistics in a Nutshell is a clear and concise introduction and reference for anyone new to the subject. 

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Dictionary of Statistics and Methodology

Reference Collection 300.1 V887d 2011

In this newly updated Fourth Edition, new terms are defined, new synonyms are included, and both are illustrated with new graphics. 

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More Damned Lies and Statistics: How Numbers Confuse Public Issues

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Straightforward, lively, and humorous account of how statistics are produced, used, and misused by everyone from researchers to journalists.

International Statistics

Locating international statistics online

Linked below are a list of websites where you can locate statistics on various topics.

Example of international statistics in print

Locating statistics in print books

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Image of a graph, showing statistics about households with water, taken from a book at the GRC library

This image is from the "Atlas of the Real World: Mapping the Way We Live" - linked below. It's just one of the many books located at the Holman Library where you can locate statistics