1. Statistics: Hate the way it was taught in college.
2. And maybe the Guitar. I'll start by learning to tune it first, which was the reason it's gathering dust in the first place.
2. And maybe the Guitar. I'll start by learning to tune it first, which was the reason it's gathering dust in the first place.
If the strings are hard to keep in tune you will want to replace them. In that case google "change guitar strings".
Then you search "smoke on the water tab", and you should be good from there.
It takes some practice until you realize you really have to tune all six strings at once until everything is tuned approximately right. Then you can fine tune on a string-by-string basis.
I don't know how statistics was taught to you in college, but I find
http://statland.org/MAAFIXED.PDF
a very inspiring article about how statistics ought to be taught, and it includes recommendations of better textbooks, some of which are quite readable for self-study.
Here's another good critique of how college statistics courses are usually taught:
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=10...