Introduction to Statistical Analysis

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<p>I am taking a stats class and it's called Introduction to Statistical Analysis.
I am taking it for pharmacy school, it's one of the pre-req.
I have never taken stats before, I took calculus and pre-calc in college.
And I took geometry and also pre-calc in high school. </p>

<p>I need to ace this class in order to bring my GPA up.
So I would like study tips, how to get not B or C but an A.
Also what is interesting about stats course? what do you get out of it?
If you love stats course why do you like it? how should I study for the course?
and things down that nature. For those who did well in the course tell me the steps of getting there. Will be greatly appreciated. </p>

<p>peace</p>

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<p>Statistics is applied common sense. It’s also the backbone of science. Unless you have a real fear of numbers, it should not be particularly hard, but to get a really good grade you do need to pay attention and work.</p>

<p>Since the course you take is unlikely to require any calculus (even if it has calculus as a pre-req), try to focus on the concepts rather than the computations, and how to interpret the different numbers you’ll be reporting on.</p>

<p>A good book I’d recommend is Intro Stats by De Veaux, Velleman and Bock. It’s well written, with lots of exercises and real data examples.</p>

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<p>Really good advice! you rock thank you!</p>