Statistics doesn't have to be scary. In fact, I found that my students loved learning stats because we did so in the absence of difficult computation. It was always a pleasure to see who would surprise me. The "Big 5" in stats are as follows: Minimum, Q1 (the first quartile, the 25% mark, Q2 (median), Q3 (the third quartile, or the 75% mark), Maximum. From there you can solve for the range (max - min) and the almighty Interquartile Range (Q3 - Q1) Depending on the class I allowed calculators, ye