I appreciate the advice.
Some more background:
The statistics course cited is part of the General Education requirements for just about ALL non-scientific or mathematical disciplines, meaning buisness majors, poli-sci majors, english majors, and even art majors.
Based on that, I figure that the pocket protector quotient has to be pretty low, but I have never taken such a course so I don't know.
I do know enough about college courses where ANY math is involved to tell the student to CAREFULLY pick their professor. Most professors I had on the topic couldn't teach. Period. I actually had one who told the class that he was not there to "teach" us, that was what the book was for....
Anyhoo, if the student wants to do a refresher on algebra, can you reccomend any books to help do this? I believe they have the raw intellectual horsepower to ace these classes, but without knowing some of the foundational principles it can make doing so dramatically harder than it needs to be.
The classes I listed are part of a Public Administration major, and they are prerequisites to specific 300 and 400 level courses in that area. I would imagine that based on that they are more of a brief survey than in depth coverage, but one never knows...