<p>My two different suggestions.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Fundamental questions are
going to be asked anyway (in fact,
they already are; e.g., <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/26/what-is-a-standard-deviation">standard
deviation</a>, <a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/31/what-is-the-meaning-of-p-values-and-t-values-in-statistical-tests">p &amp; t values</a>,
<a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/2/what-is-normality">normality</a>), so ask away.  If
the answers don't meet your need,
try to clarify what you don't understand or how the answers could be more helpful to you.  The submitted
answers should get better as more
people have a chance to chime in. 
If they reach a level that the
community deems "good enough" they
can become canonical. </p></li>
<li><p>I would
suggest that you check the obvious
places (e.g.,
<a href="http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Statistics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">simple.wikipedia.org/</a>,
<a href="http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:Statistics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">wikiversity.org</a>).  You're bound
to still have questions, even after
going over those resources, and
those subsequent questions would
probably be perfect to ask here. In conjunction with this, if you have references you would recommend users check first, please add them as an answer to <a href="https://stats.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/83/what-resources-should-i-review-before-i-ask-a-basic-question">What resources should I review before I ask a basic question?</a></p></li>
</ol>
