Recommendations, meant.

I'm looking for recommended calculators for the DSST Principles of Statistics exam. My day to day calculator is a TI-85 from high school many years ago, and obviously, the TI-85 is sufficiently advanced as to be barred from the exam criteria for allowed calculators. Basically, I'm looking for the most advanced and capable calculator possible allowed under the exam (partly as I like automation, such as with nPr, nCr, etc, and partly as I just like calculators). What calculator(s) have others found best for the exam? Preferably overpowered ones. Thanks.

Acceptable calculator guidelines:
"An approved calculator is any commercially produced calculator that is battery or solar operated, silent, handheld, nonprogrammable and does not have either a full alphabetic display or a graphical display." - Candidate Information Bulletin

What's a "full alphabetic display?"

They should be clearer on what programming means, as any interaction with the calculator's software is technically programming. Finding 1+1 is programming.

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Hi Mstcrow,

I used, and still swear by, the Texas Instruments BAII+ calculator. I found it equally helpful for both the Statistics and the Principles of Finance exam.

The BAII+ can work with one and two variable statistics, and can be used to solve the following types of problems without much difficulty:

Mean
Correlation Coefficient
Coefficient of Determination
Coefficient of Non-determination
Permutations
Combinations
Variance
Standard Deviation
Root Mean Square
Slope of a Regression Line
Y-intercept of a Regression Line
Standard Error of the Estimate
Standard Error of the Mean

Of course, there is a learning curve with the calculator. I was extremely intimidated by it when I first bought it ($30ish). But I started with the basics and kept going until I knew how to do most of the above statistics problems like the back of my hand.

I can highly recommend the BAII+ if you have the patience to learn how to use it.

Hope that helps,
Snazzlefrag

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If I did that, I wouldn't have an excuse to get a HP-12C later on.

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Studying:

Completed:
CLEP: Hum. (67), Hist. of U.S. I (74), Hist. of U.S. II (71), Intro. Psych. (69), Intro. Soc. (72), Soc. Sci. and Hist. (74), Western Civ I (72), Western Civ II (70), Am. Lit. (60), Intro. to Educ. Psych. (62), P. of Management (74), P. of Market. (74), Intro. Bus. Law (67), P. of Accounting (60), AmGov (68)
DSST: Ethics in Am. (76), P. of Super.(67), HRM (65), Intro to Bus. (70), MIS (65), P. of Fin (62), M&B (65), P. of Stat. (68)
ECE: OB (B)
TECEP:: IntFin, SecAna

Total Credits: 114