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I don't 'get' math. I have to work with numbers and it's freaking me out a bit. I have to work with SPSS soon.

Can someone recommend me a book which explains math simply?

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i usually find learning to count as a good place to start

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If you're not keen on maths, use qualitative analysis instead.

Otherwise you should probably check the BBC's keystage websites. I believe they go up to GCSE level. Once you're happy with those concepts I suspect you could pick up any post-GCSE textbook.

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It's a part of my 'Research Methods' course. My lecturer has memorised the facts and has no idea about the underlying theory.

I could just memerise how to do it, but I want to know a bit more.

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Yeah math, I think I've heard of that...

Could you be a bit more specific?:

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Start with Cauchy-Riemann and work your way up from there.

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i can explain it simply for you - observe

IT IS CALLED MATHS YOU ****ING SPASTIC NOT 'MATH'

CALL IT 'MATH' IN FRONT OF ANY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYER AND YOU WILL BE INSTANTLY DISMISSED AS A RETARD.

simple, no?

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My maths teacher hated using "maths". He made us all write out "mathematics".

What a twat :(

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I would if I could but etc etc...

It tends towards things like statistics or something. It seems rather basic to be honest (she actually spent 10 minutes explaining to the class what a bar chart was but didn't bother to explain the symbaols in the equations). Having said that I've not done anything like this for 8 years.

I actually made this thread halfway through the class when I actually felt the need to understand what was going on. I think I'll just memorise it and start learning about it in the summer.

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I'm sure there are introductory statistics books out there.

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Wow, you are so tense. Perhaps you should go on holiday.

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perhaps you should have come to the meet you retard

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If you miss me that much maybe we could have our own little meet.

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I hear with furball it's usually a very small meat

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Better than having no meat at all :rolleyes:

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I seem to recall when we studied such things in high school we called it Quantitative Methods.

that aside, math is the bane of all free-thinkers :P .. and as a programmer I find myself at a conflict of interest as my pet hate is required to further my pet love :(

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practice.

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I just found out about this site so I don't know how good it is but it might help you

http://cnx.org/content/col10343/latest/

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