Populations & Sampling
Learn how populations, samples, variables, observations, and sampling methods fit together.
Short, affordable lessons explain the statistics taught in college courses. Learn with plain-English explanations, practical examples, and practice questions that prepare you for quizzes and exams.
Begin with the foundations. Then build your understanding one manageable lesson at a time.
Learn how populations, samples, variables, observations, and sampling methods fit together.
Understand qualitative and quantitative variables, along with nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio data.
Review the data types commonly tested in introductory statistics courses.
Match bar charts, pie charts, histograms, and other displays to the correct type of data.
Learn the three measures of center and when each one gives the clearest description of the numbers.
Understand how statistics describe the distance and spread among the numbers in a data set.
Learn the meaning before facing the formulas.
See how each idea works with numbers you can follow.
Prepare for homework, college quizzes, and exams.
Pass The Stats is designed for students taking introductory statistics in Nursing, Psychology, Business, Education, and other college programs.
Created by Barb Berry
MS in Applied Statistics
MA in Experimental Psychology
Former statistics instructor at Kansas State University