title: Statistics A User Friendly Guide (Especially for the Mathematically Challenged)
author:  Gerald C. Swanson 
description: Gerald Swanson began his career as a chemist, obtaining a Ph. D. in Nuclear Analytical Chemistry. Mid-career he changed fields and became an Organization Development consultant (Applied Behavioral Scientist). He recently retired as a full-time internal consultant at the Boeing Company and has taught statistics using his innovative approach at Antioch University (Seattle), Bastyr University (Seattle) and Saybrook University in their MA programs in Applied Behavioral Science.
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  Copyright 2014 S. Deviant 
   
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  Contents 
   
  Glossary 
  PRE-STATISTICS 
  How to Convert from a Percentage to a Decimal 
  How to Convert from a Decimal to a Percentage 
  How to Round to X Decimal Places 
  How to Use Order of Operations 
  How to find the mean, mode and median 
  Weighted Mean: Formula: How to Find Weighted Mean 
  How to find a factorial (!) 
  THE BASICS/DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 
  How to Detect Fake Statistics 
  How to tell the difference between discrete and continuous 
  variables 
  How to tell the difference between different sampling methods 
  How to 