Everybody That Has Passed Dantes Statistics Please Participate

[mjno]

Hey!

I took this test about a month ago and agree completely agree with Barbara's reply. I did not know anything about statistics and the Idiots guide really helped me grasp many of the concepts, (which I think this test is mostly about). I didn't read the whole book just concepts that I didn't understand. I read just what the Dantes guide and past threads suggested.

I don't think you need to memorize the formulas just know what they mean because both Instacert and the Idiots guide would use somewhat different ways to solve the same problems. In my version of the exam they did seem to want you to know the symbols, (again sometimes, but not many I found different symbols to mean the same thing, ex Standard deviation).

My version of the test had lot of probability (permutations, combinations etc. I did not use my calculator much at all except for some basic math like multiplying for combinations, (your test may be different).

My score was 62 and I took about three weeks to study for the test and I did not know anything about stats. I think that Instacert, the Idiots guide and most importantly reading the previous threads on this forum will be more than enough for this test.

Good luck!
I think you will do great.