Narrowing down stats options

[clep3705]

When DSST is an option, I recommend the DSST statistics test. It's a multiple choice test with only four choices to pick from. You don't have to know how to compute a standard deviation by hand. Or even using a calculator. When you compute a standard deviation, they give you the big pieces such as the sum of squared deviations. Just know the formula and plug and chug. You must understand z-values, how to convert to a z-value, and when the tail is included, when the tail is needed or not, etc.

If you understand statistical concepts, you should do fine. It is more conceptual than computational. Statistics isn't like college algebra or calculus. Some people who aren't good in math can do okay in statistics. On a multiple choice test like the DSST statistics exam, doing okay is sufficient.