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| Introductory Statistics
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Edition: 6
Author: Prem S. Mann
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date: 2006-02-17
ISBN-10: 0471755303
ISBN-13: 9780471755302
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Through five previous editions, Introductory Statistics has made statistics both interesting and accessible to a wide and varied audience. The realistic content of its examples and exercises, the clarity and brevity of its presentation, and the soundness of its pedagogical approach have received the highest remarks from both students and instructors. Now this bestseller is available in a new 6th edition.
Really disappointing...
| Customer Rating: | | I was a real fan of Profs.Wonnacotts earlier books. I had used their books on Introductory Statistics 1969 edition, Regression and Econometrics for my graduate class and they were really lucid and helpful. So, when I ordered the latest version of `Introductory Statistics' thinking that it would be better, I was really disappointed. Every chapter is interrupted repeatedly and the flow is not maintained. I must say I actually ended up confused after reading this book (and I have studied the same material before - although from the earlier version). In their rush to print a new version of their book, the authors have simply garbled their original work. Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. If you have a tough time with Statistics, I would refer the 1969 edition (ISBN-10: 0471959650) |
Excellent
| Customer Rating: | | This product was nicely packaged and was practically brand new. This book is wonderful and the condition that it was in was excellent! The shipping was very quick also. |
No solutions to the exercises is a fatal flaw
| Customer Rating: | I have taught a basic statistics class many times over the last several years and the book that I used was "The Basic Practice of Statistics" by David S. Moore. Since I am always on the lookout for a better book, I examined this one. One positive feature was immediately obvious. This book was easier to read. Some of that may be due to the fact that it is approximately ¾ of an inch longer than the Moore book. It is also due to sharper contrasts and more effective use of color.
The coverage is standard; there are plenty of exercises although the authors commit what I consider to be a cardinal sin. There are no solutions to any of the exercises. In my mind, this is inexcusable, even if they are available on a companion website. Students work problems in many different locations and web access is often inconvenient and sometimes just impossible.
Sections on using the TI-84, Minitab and Microsoft Excel are included at the end of the chapters. While some people will find them helpful, they are in no means in the tutorial category. Devoting a page and a half to brief visual demonstrations of how to do one problem is to me a waste of paper and ink. My students would require more significant instruction if we were ever to use any of these options.
While the other features are strong, the lack of solutions to the exercises is an insurmountable hurdle to me. I will not be adopting it for use in the future. In my opinion, it would have been a better use of pages to include solutions to the exercises rather than the small sections on how to use technology.
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An easy to comprehend introduction to statistics
| Customer Rating: | | I used this book as a primary source for my MBA course in statistics and found the book easy to comprehend and well written. In my opition, the book targets a reader who can devote time required to move from section to section to uncover the facinating coverage of the non-trivial subject of statistics and to work on examples. I highly recommend the book to those who want to grain strong comprehension of the basic statistics. |
Excellent Introductory Text
| Customer Rating: | | This text provides a thorough introduction to the use of mathematical statistics. Carefully reading the text and solving a reasonable number of the problems will provide one with the capability to apply statistical techniques to analyze data and draw conclusions in real applications. The book is strong on examples but light on theory. Particulary noteworhty is the inclusion of several topics (such as Monte Carlo methods and Bayesian decision theory) that typically are not covered in an introductory presentation. Also useful are the end of chapter "Final Challenges" that require the reader to have mastered the material. If one's objective is to apply statistics to draw appropriate inferences and make decisions, this text will provide the reader with the required tools. |
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