The second version of my e-book, Stats with Cats: The Domesticated Information to Statistics, Fashions, Graphs, and Different Breeds of Information Evaluation, is now accessible on Amazon, IngramSpark, and in bookstores
Stats with Cats is aimed toward readers who’ve taken an introductory course in statistics, name them Stats 101, and wish to conduct their very own analyses both at work or of their private lives. The e-book is about utilized statistics, from designing datasets and deciding what analyses to conduct, to writing the ultimate report, which are sometimes uncared for in Stats 101.
Stats with Cats consists of 31 Chapters in 7 Elements.
Half I evaluations the jargon and ideas you heard in Stats 101. It explains the essential jargon of statistics, together with information, samples, and variables; the number of measurement scales that can be utilized to characterize phenomena; variance and why it’s such a elementary idea in statistics; what fashions are and the way statistics makes use of fashions to create fashions; the elemental assumptions inherent in statistical inference and what occurs when the assumptions are violated; and the five broad targets a statistical evaluation could have.
Half II is in regards to the expertise, instruments, supplies, plans, and assets you’ll must conduct your personal analyses. Included are descriptions of how organizations can depend on good information evaluation to make selections; the right way to resolve should you ought to do an evaluation your self or get somebody to do it for you; the right way to arrange an information evaluation venture in order that it will get executed proper the first time; what software program and data sources you’ll want; and what issues you might encounter.
Half III will present you the right way to create your personal datasets for evaluation, together with deciding: what variables to measure and the right way to measure them; the right way to choose samples; kinds of information which may be suited to statistical evaluation; the right way to acknowledge and management sources of variability; and the right way to put samples and variables right into a format that statistical software program can analyze.
Half IV is about the right way to preprocess information so it’s prepared for evaluation. Included are descriptions of: sorts of errors that happen in real-world datasets and the right way to find and proper them; and methods you may increase your dataset to make your evaluation extra thorough.
Half V connects the sensible framework of utilized statistics to the tutorial content material of Stats 101. It consists of descriptions of procedures and hints for what to calculate, what to plot, and what to search for once you first discover your information; the right way to current data in easy home windows; and how one can analyze textual content.
Half VI explores superior information analyses which are used to construct and consider fashions. Included are discussions of: the method of making a statistical mannequin; superior statistical evaluation methods you didn’t hear about in Stats 101; and why even essentially the most credible fashions can fail and what you may do about it.
Half VII is about features of sensible information evaluation, utilized statistics, that aren’t normally talked about in Stats 101. Examples embrace: the right way to write information evaluation reviews; the right way to touch upon another person’s statistical evaluation even should you don’t know lots about statistics; and solutions for how one can apply the belongings you’ve discovered.
Stats with Cats comprises 56 figures, 43 tables, and over 500 pictures of cats in 568 pages. There’s additionally a 444-word Glossary on the finish in an effort to search for any unfamiliar jargon you may encounter. Stats with Cats has a Flesch-Kincaid Grade Degree readability of about 10.2 (9.9 to 11.7), so it’s appropriate for each younger grownup and mature readers.
Within the second version, I deleted esoteric cultural references that didn’t age effectively, web hyperlinks that went lifeless, and screen-captures of high-end statistical software program that few individuals have entry to. I added chapters on data-driven organizations, graphical home windows for presenting information, the right way to analyze textual content, and the right way to write statistical reviews. I’ve additionally added extra photos of cats.
And the cats? They supply emotional assist for individuals who expertise math anxiousness. When the statistics grow to be too intense, there’ll be an image of a cat close by to revive calm. They’re your domesticated guides to statistics, fashions, graphs, and different breeds of information evaluation. Come for the cats; keep for the stats.
So, whether or not you’re a enterprise individual or different skilled who has to conduct some statistical analyses, or supervise another person who’s conducting a statistical evaluation, or evaluation a statistical evaluation executed by another person, this can be a e-book you’ll must learn. And should you simply wish to use some statistics to handle and discover your private life, this can be a e-book you’ll wish to learn.
Order Stats with Cats: The Domesticated Information to Statistics, Fashions, Graphs, and Different Breeds of Information Evaluation (2nd version) as a paperback or hardcover. Learn them to your cats. Uncover extra about utilizing statistics at my Stats with Cats weblog and different thought-provoking observations at my Random Terrabytes weblog. Be part of different followers at my Instagram and LinkedIn pages.
