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CliffsQuickReview course guides cover the essentials of your toughest classes. Get a firm grip on core concepts and key material, and test your newfound knowledge with review questions.

CliffsQuickReview Statistics introduces you to the fascinating world of statistics — a powerful tool used for finding patterns in data and inferring important connections between events in the real world. Many people find statistics confusing and intimidating; however, whether you're new to statistics or need to review for an important test, this reference will easily help clarify some of the elements of statistical reasoning and analysis. As you work your way through this review, you'll be ready to tackle such concepts as

• Graphical displays and numerical measures
• Probability and sampling
• Principles of testing and univariate inferential tests
• Bivariate relationships

With titles available for all the most popular high school and college courses, CliffsQuickReview guides are a comprehensive resource that can help you get the best possible grades. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (9)

Much Better ThanThe "Average"
Having taken a competitive promotional exam three years ago, I was desperate to find some statistics book I could read and remember without touching the two textbook albatrosses that added unnecessary weight to my bookshelf. This was it.

After reading this my confidence increased the "confidence level" in which I calculated that there was a good probability that I would pass the test among a large, non-random population. (People never get "random" right. I wonder why).

It is also a great little review since probability is one of the fastest things to escape my long-term memory, and I can grab this little yellow and black-striped gem for easy recollection and consumption. It states things easily and simply--just the way I like it. It is very easy to follow. (I gave away the expensive versions.)

The odds are this will be your best bet. This book is much better than the average.

Cliffs Quick Review
A good general review. I haven't taken stats in 20 years and needed a quick brush-up for a graduate level research class. This book worked well and will be a good resource while I'm enrolled in my course.

Excellent
I am taking Stat 244 after taking the first class 5 years ago. I needed a review to catch up, but I am finding that this is much more comprehensible than the textbook and the instructor. Nice and straight forward... Makes you wonder why you need to spend $80+ for a used textbook in college when you can learn it more efficiently from this little guy...THANK YOU!!!!!!

Get Cliff's Quick Review of Statistics
Cliff's Quick Review of Statistics is a good supplement
to any Stat course, and should be kept as a reference.
Good intro text.It ought to be required.

For non-quantitative concepts, presented for the layman,
get the classic "How to Lie With Statistics" by Huff.

Good condensed review
This book is a condensed review of statistics, without laborious examples.It can be used as a refresher or supplement to a more verbose introductory primer.It is perfect for a high school or a one semester introductory stats course. ... Read more

Book Description
Gravetter and Wallnau's proven best-seller gives you straightforward instruction, guaranteed accuracy, built-in learning aids, and plenty of real-world examples that will help you understand statistical concepts. The authors take time to explain statistical procedures so that you can go beyond memorizing formulas and gain a conceptual understanding of statistics. The authors also take care to show you how having an understanding of statistical procedures will help you comprehend published findings and will lead you to become a savvy consumer of information. Known for its exceptional accuracy and examples, this text also has a complete supplements package to support your learning. ... Read more

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Good and easy to understand statistics book
I had to get this book for my statistics class. I am not good at math but this book is written well enough that I was able to get a great grade on a test. I am pretty happy with this book :)

Maggie (Frankfort, IL)

great
I would buy from this buyer again.Book is in excellent condition.Thank you. ... Read more

Book Description
In its first edition, Statistics set a new standard for introductory texts, written in accessible language that teaches students how to think about statistical issues through real-world examples, such as political polls and Galton's regression paradox, and in terms of models that underlie statistical inference. Retaining these core strengths, the Fourth Edition adds a diverse body of new examples, exercises, and data sets, and has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent developments in the field. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (21)

great for a first course to non-statistics majors
Many introductory statistics texts suffer from one of two ailments. Either they incorporate too much mathematics for non-statisticians or they provide oversimplified and sometimes incorrect explanations. This text is excellent and is favored by many statisticians who teach the introductory service course for non-statistics majors. The book provides excellent and insightful explanations. It is written by well-known Berkeley statisticians with great theoretical and applied experience, so it is not oversimplified or inaccurate. On the other hand Friedman and his co-authors took pains to minimize the necessary mathematics. It covers all the topics one would want to include in a first course. Real examples are used throughout to illustrate the value of the methods. These include clinical trials and observational studies, telephone surveys and opinion polls and some models in genetics.
Discussion of the data snooping issue is important, particularly as we move into an age where data mining is now feasible with current computing power.

Math can be fun! :-)
I generally agree with what others are saying. What's so unique about this book is that... get this: you'll get one of those rare math textbooks that are *fun* to read. Well... in a nerdy sense. I wish it was updated more recently though, because most of the samples use data back from 70s or early 90s at best, which, of course, does not make the book less correct or helpful.

I am re-learning some of my school classes (graduated with BS in Applied Math in 98) and I wish I saw this book when I took statistics back in college.

The perfect tool...for some jobs
D. Messer asks how his/her review can be so different from Alice's.That's easy. They're both right.They are looking at the same book through different lenses.

If the goal is to explain what's really going on "under the hood" in an introductory class, there's no better book than FPP.However, it works its magic by discarding things that don't matter--like mathematical notation.I would argue that students who take a course using FPP would be able to successfully tackle problems that would cause others to shrug their shoulders from lack of comprehension.

However, it comes at a price.Students do not see the mathematical notation that is necessary to pursue the subject at advanced levels.Imagine, if you will, being an instructor with a class of students who had completed an introductory course with excellent grades and wouldn't recognize the formula for Student's t statistic in standard notation.

I've used FPP in a university setting.It works fine, BUT there has to be careful coordination with teachers of follow-up classes so that they can adapt their methods accordingly, that is, for a class who has a deeper understanding of the principles of statistics without having been exposed to the usual formulas in the traditional way.

Don't Ask Alice
I'm not sure what book Alice read, but I find it hard to believe it was this one.

I won't bother repeating what so many others have said in other reviews, as I find them to be in alignment with my own opinion. However, I find Alice's review puzzling. How can so many other reviewers find this book to be so helpful, yet an instructor of the topic found it difficult to use as a course text? I actually feel like we read different books, as her description doesn't agree with my experience.

not the best preparation for my students to move up
I'm fascinated by the rave reviews for this text. I used it for a community college stats course and once I was in the classroom with it, I became aware that I had some problems. It is true that it's written in a friendly style and has plenty of exercises, but I found it to be poor preparation for my students who will be going on to higher levels of statistics in behavioral science courses.

I found myself explaining, more times than I wish to recall, how formulas look different in other statistics books, and I was disconcerted at the lack of use of symbols that one usually sees in beginning statistics courses. Simple terms most commonly used in statistics were not introduced at all, and most statistical tests were not mentioned. Many students found it to be cumbersome and a bit overwhelming.

It's my own fault, really. I did not spend enough time perusing texts. And my familiarity with statistics prevented me, when looking it over, from realizing how much was really missing. I realized that my students would enter bachelor's programs lacking some very basic information that is always used in statistics for the behavioral sciences. Most of my students plan to earn graduate degrees; I had to spend quite a bit of time preparing notes for them as well as lectures explaining formulas, symbols, and terminology that "some of" their higher courses might use. And with nary a mention of ANOVA or any other higher level tests, I felt I really had done my students a disservice.

I began to wonder - have I been out of school so long that things have changed this much and I'm not aware of it? But - as I am teaching at a state college, stats texts started trickling in from other publishers. I saw that it was not me. This massive text, costing my students $120, is lacking quite a bit that they should be exposed to - to better prepare them for future statistics studies in the behavioral sciences. This was certainly a bitter lesson for me! I had to waste far too much time putting together information that was missing just so my students would have the course they should have.

I recommend Sally Caldwell's text, "Statistics Unplugged" for beginning students - at least in behavioral sciences programs. It's a third the cost, a third the SIZE, and much more reader-friendly. And it contains the information that I had to supply to my students just so they would get what they paid for.

I do not recommend this book. I'll certainly be much more careful in future when choosing textbooks. ... Read more

Book Description
R is an Open Source implementation of the well-known S language. It works on multiple computing platforms and can be freely downloaded. R is thus ideally suited for teaching at many levels as well as for practical data analysis and methodological development. This book provides an elementary-level introduction to R, targeting both non-statistician scientists in various fields and students of statistics. The main mode of presentation is via code examples with liberal commenting of the code and the output, from the computational as well as the statistical viewpoint. Brief sections introduce the statistical methods before they are used. A supplementary R package can be downloaded and contains the data sets. All examples are directly runnable and all graphics in the text are generated from the examples. The statistical methodology covered includes statistical standard distributions, one- and two-sample tests with continuous data, regression analysis, one- and two-way analysis of variance, regression analysis, analysis of tabular data, and sample size calculations. In addition, the last four chapters contain introductions to multiple linear regression analysis, linear models in general, logistic regression, and survival analysis. Peter Dalgaard is associate professor at the Biostatistical Department at the University of Copenhagen and has extensive experience in teaching within the PhD curriculum at the Faculty of Health Sciences. He was chairman of the Danish Society for Theoretical Statistics from 1996 to 2000. Peter Dalgaard has been a key member of the R Core Team since August 1997 and is well known among R users for his activity on the R mailing lists. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (16)

Fast shipping, good quality. Thanks!
The shipping is fast and the book arrived in good quality. I appreciate it very much. Thanks!

Excellent resource
I bought this book a little over a year ago when a friend and colleague insisted I learn the R system for our collaborative work. I am not a professional statistician, but an engineer and researcher who needs and uses statistics in the course of my professional work.

I found this book approachable and informative from the non-professional perspective. (That is, from the viewpoint of a non-statistician.) I found enough examples to guide me through the process of bringing my datasets into the R environment, and then enough guidance to get me through the initial analyses necessary to make meaningful use of the statistical computations contained within the R system.

There are many other texts that treat the kinds of advanced statistics capability in the R system. Those are also necessary references for the non-statistician. There are also other texts on using the graphics subsystem present in R (which is substantial). Those references are also useful for preparation of reports and other written material.

But, this text is most useful as a primer for the system and is a first source on my shelf when I need to know the "how-to" of the basics. Then, if my needs are more substantial than those addressed by Dalgaard, I'll turn to other references.

Great for learning the language
If you have learned the stat concepts behind these procedures already, this is book is great.I think this book is very helpful for people who have had a few stat courses where the professor used a competing stat software package.

I really like how the author repeats some of the important syntax explanations throughout the book (for example, why attaching a data frame makes the syntax more concise).This approach makes it better than trying to learn R from the isolated html help files.

Introductory Statistics with R review
Excelent book.Help you with your R and with your statistics.

Extremely Good!!!!!
Theory, examples and graphics are in a state of the art!
I really like how the book flows between statistics theory and R commands. Graphics and examples are concrete and adequate.
I would like this book has a chapter about simulation (statistical validation) but I know is "Introductory"
I do really recommend this book! ... Read more

Book Description
KEY MESSAGE: Weiss Introductory Statistics, Eighth Edition, features a thorough presentation of the reasoning behind statistics, balanced with analysis and exploration of real data.This book develops statistical thinking over rote drill and practice.

Customer Reviews (5)

intro to Statistics
I can not say enough about this book I have never taken a class in statistics for fear that I would fail it .However, this book mapped it out so well if you fail the class it won't be because of this product.My first grade was a 94%, which is great for a person who hates math. I breezed through the class with this book. purchase it you will not be sorry.

Excellent book
This is the most lucid and well written stats book i have studied from. I used it's concepts and step by step procedures to write my masters report. Excellent book for any beginner in statistics.

Helpful
I did an independent stats class after being out of math for a long time, the book was very helpful and I could actually figure the formulas.It was great!!

Excellent
Very well written. Clear explanations of the subject matter with plenty of step by step examples. I highly recommend this book as it has significantly increased my understanding of statistics.

Stats made easy
It was a great learning experience, with Itroductory Statistics by WeissNeil A. It is easy to understand and Statistics has never been easier. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

NOT for beginners!
I have been forced by my college to learn stats on a time limit using this book.Let me be clear, my instructor is only checking my papers, not lecturing.This is required text for self-study courses at my college.

For students in my sitiation, or any situation where this book is a self-teaching tool, Bluman's text is awful.The equations are poorly explained and the examples frequently do not explain the problems in the assignment section.I cannot emphasize enough the concept that this book does not completely explain the problems or examples.It merely presents equations and features poorly explained terms.If you actually want to understand the terms and equations in this book, you need someone else to explain it to you.The CD ROM is complete trash, as it ONLY has database numbers that are already in the book.The CD teaches nothing and has no learning materials.

If you are a math major or have had stats before, or have some great supplemental reading, this book would be nice because everything is sectioned off.If you are trying to teach yourself stats for the first time and you need a book that teaches the subject completely, move on.

Math teacher replies
The book did a good job of giving examples and getting to the point. I took a class on the same material with a different book and this book won hands down. The questions are down to the point. They also have interesting facts on everything in the sides of the page. ... Read more

Book Description
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS: A STEP BY STEP APPROACH is for general beginning statistics courses with a basic algebra prerequisite. The book is non-theoretical, explaining concepts intuitively and teaching problem solving through worked examples and step-by-step instructions. This edition places more emphasis on conceptual understanding and understanding results.This edition also features increased emphasis on Excel, MINITAB, and the TI-83 Plus and TI 84-Plus graphing calculators, computing technologies commonly used in such courses. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

Ace Your Stats Class
This is a must have text for anyone trying to learn stats. I am currently in a stats class. The text assigned was mostly theoretical with very little real world explanations and examples. I panicked! I started looking for supplementary material so that I could understand this topic. I was swayed by the reviews of this book. Please take a minute and review them for the fifth edition. The reviews rave about the book. So I bought it, despite the cost. I am so thankful that I did. I am beginning to understand statistics and even enjoy it. I'm finding myself looking forward to my study times so I can learn more. I give all the credit to this book. The author uses real world examples that I can relate to, has lots of examples and reasons why you would use one statistic over another. The other thing I like is that there are lots of exercises for practice that include the answers in the back. I say BUY IT! You won't regret it, I promise.

Stats book
The service is great, and it came in just a few days.The book was cheaper at amazon.com then it is at school.It has a tutorial that is very helpful as well. ... Read more

Book Description
Real Engineering Situations, Real Engineering Data


With Montgomery and Runger's best-selling engineering statistics text, you can learn how to apply statistics to real engineering situations. The text shows you how to use statistical methods to design and develop new products, and new manufacturing systems and processes. You'll gain a better understanding of how these methods are used in everyday work, and get a taste of practical engineering experience through real-world, engineering-based examples and exercises.


Now revised, this Fourth Edition of Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers features many new homework exercises, including a greater variation of problems and more computer problems.

Key Features
* The text treats all topics in a way that reflects today's engineering realities. In the probability chapters, the authors emphasize engineering-specific examples, rather than counting methods or artificial applications such as gambling.
* Examples and exercises throughout the text use real data and real engineering situations.
* Coverage of probability is lively and interesting. It is complete but concise so as not to take over the content of the entire text.
* Thorough coverage of regression modeling, design of engineering experiments, and statistical process control from experts in these topics makes the book especially useful as a reference. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (19)

Few Problems
Not enough solutions were selected to help me out for the class of Statistics that I was taking. Instead of every odd problem it was more like one out of every 5 or 6 problems.

nice book
This book covers almost everything useful about statistics and probability. It has good examples, good explanations and good applications to engineering problems. Useful for students, professors and profesionals.

A Very Good Applied Stat Book
The book is very good for applied Statistics in engineering.It has many practical engineering examples that an engineer can apply at work.The "FREE Access to Online Student Resources Inside" white envelop interferes with opening the first few pages of the book when it is brand new.The book is well written.

Not recommended for self study
This book is not recommended for self study or distance courses. There are only sporadic answers to odd problems, most books of this type have answers for every odd problem. The student solution manual is even more worthless, some chapters have only 2 or 3 worked problems per chapter. Learning statistics with this book in a distance education course is really more painful than it should be. If you have to get this book, do not waste your money on the student solution manual.
This book may be a good reference to someone who already knows statistics, but to someone learning, especially without the benefit of lectures, the description and examples are way too sparse.

Not that good
The answers it gives you are sporadic and some are hard to follow.I was expecting solutions to all the odd problems and a little more detail with the solutions.I would not recommend buying this unless it were $10 or less. ... Read more

Book Description
This book was the first to thoroughly integrate the use of Microsoft Excel as a tool for statistical analysis. The book focuses on the concepts of statistics with applications to the functional areas of business. It is rich in applications from accounting, finance, marketing, management and economics, covering data collection, tables and charts, probability, estimation, and more. For professionals, particularly managers, making financial analyses and decisions. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Not for Undergrad
I had this book for an undergraduate Introduction to Statistics class and it was absolutely horrible.
The book was written by statistician for statistician, not for an undergrad who just started studying Statistics.

My class studied only 10 chapters out of 18. Each chapter has about 10 parts but most of the time we read only the first 3-4 parts.

The formulas in the book were very hard to look up because there was no legend next to them. The legends are only available at the first part of the chapter, next to the first 1-2 formulas in that chapter.

The examples in the book didn't appear very appealing and practical and were difficult to understand.

In chapter 9, there was a typo with Excel, where the Excel table says Null Hypothesis p = when p should be pi (the Greek letter) but overall, Excel was very well used.

I recommend using Statistical Analysis For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Statistics as reference if you have no previous knowledge of Statistics, a very confusing professor, and this textbook.

Excellent book for Managers
This is an excellent book for Managers or anyone studying statistics.Excel 2007 is being used extensively here which is a requirement for all stats students. There are some documentation errors or bugs with the calculations but they are minore. I hope the authors will rectify them in the next version.

Good textbook for business managers
Though I have not yet gone through the entire textbook, it does appear to be strongly oriented toward business managers.I actually purchased this book for review since I already had a graduate level statistics class about 10 years ago.I like this book because it teaches business cases.Also, the emphasis on using MS Excel was a big reason why I chose this book.One negative is that the quality of the manufacturing of this textbook is not great.I noticed a defect soon after recieving the product.However, I chose to live with the defect rather than send it back to the manufacturer. ... Read more

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Study faster, learn better-and get top grades with Schaum's Outlines

Customer Reviews (9)

Effective refresher ... Efficient reference
I recommend this text to financial professionals I teach ... VERY helpful to clear the cobwebs several years after college!

Great for more advanced courses....
I bought this book as a study aid for my Elementary Statistics class. Although the book does give you many examples to help solve, it gets a little too complicated for a beginning statistics class. It became hard to sort through the things I needed to gain a basic understanding of the fundamentals of statistics. If you are needing this book for your job or a more advanced statistics course, I would recommend it, but it's one for the beginner to leave alone.

Comprehensive Guide to Statistics
This excellent book provides a comprehensive look at statistical methods.It's a great reference guide with 19 chapters, each of which build nicely on one another.

Chapters 1 through 11 lay the foundation of statistical study and the reader should benefit greatly from this framework.

Specifically, Chapters 1 through 3 cover Variables and Graphs, Frequency Distributions and Mean-Median-Mode concepts.Chapters 4 through 6 move on to cover Standard Deviation, Skewness and Elementary Probability Theory.Chapter 7 then discusses Binomial, Normal and Poisson Distributions.

Chapters 8, 9, 10 and 11 delve into Sampling, Statistical Estimation, Statistical Decision and Small Sampling Theory.

The remaining chapters offer practical insights into such topics as Chi-Square test, Correlation Theory, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Time Series Analysis and Statistical Process Control.Much of this appears in the CFA curriculum and therefore is a worthy supplemental study.

True to its format, this Schaum's book helps readers via its question and answer format in each of its chapters.Going through these problems teaches and reinforces concepts taught in the first pages of each chapter in the book.

Great job authors!I'm hoping others will benefit from this book too.

Schaum's Outline of Statistics
This is a handy desk guide to statistics for someone who needs a statistical referemce as part of their job but is not a statistician, ie, performance management, data preparation or other information analysis.I compared this book to many others and found it the most comprehensive.

A Failed Attempt
This book is sloppily edited, with numerous typos in the equations. Page 91 has two symbolic errors plus a text error.
Overbar omitted twice on page 19 giving a nonsensical formula Z = (X - X)/s ... Read more

Book Description
ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, FOURTH EDITION is an introductory stats textbook that emphasizes statistical concepts and applications. The discussion and development of each technique is presented in an application setting, with the statistical results providing insights to decisions and solutions to problems. The easy-to-follow presentation style and problem-scenario approach clearly show how to apply statistical methods in practical business situations.This brief introduction to business statistics balances a conceptual understanding of statistics with the real-world application of statistical methodology.The essentials version features selected core topics from the authors’ market-leading STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, NINTH EDITION presented in 13 chapters. It includes the highly-regarded strengths of the longer text, including the problem-scenario approach that uses real-world examples to introduce stat techniques.Methods, Applications, and Self-Test exercises include hundreds of problems based on real data.Examples and exercises throughout focus on ways that stats contribute to improving the quality of products and services. This text can also be computer integrated at the discretion of the instructor. Instruction for data analysis based on Microsoft Excel and MINITAB is included in appendices of appropriate chapters. Case problems are also provided with the text, with data sets available on disk for both MINITAB 14 and Excel formats. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )
got on time

A useful book
This is a very useful book for my study. I use it to learn a lot of knowledge. you may try it.

Stunningly excellent book on basic statistics.
I've taken various probability/statistics classes as an undergrad at VA Tech, and as a grad student at GMU and MIT. This book is without question the best I have seen - by a long shot. Further, it provides the only thorough and rigorous explanation for hypothesis testing I have ever seen.

The theory and end of chapter exercises are as straightforward, clear and concise as you will get. The only manner by which this book could be improved would be by the inclusion of a rigorous proof as to why considerations regarding the degrees of freedom (dof) require that some equations have /n as a denominator while others have /(n-1).

Confusing, disjointed and too expensive in my opinion.
I teach Statistics for a living, and this book replaced the book by Weiers, a move that I have berated the folks that do our purchasing ever since. The other Stats lecturer felt the same, and we have ended up using old copies of the prior book.
For example, the book gives a miserly single page to explain Quartiles, and has very little in the way of examples that are helpful.
If you HAVE to have it because your school dictates, you have to have it, but if you want to buy a book for the purpose of teaching yourself Stats, look elsewhere.

You're spinnin' me...
Statistics is supposedly easy right...right!But who knew that a textbook would go to such lengths to make it harder!

The definitions of all the terms we have to deal with in statistics are written so poorly and write themselves in circles.Now, my reading comprehension is pretty high, but getting through these chapters is torture!

A word of advise, if you're taking a class using this book, DO NOT RELY ON IT!Take good notes in class and use this book only as a reference and for assigned work.

ugh. ... Read more

Book Description

NOW WITH SPSS STUDENT VERSION 13.0!

The bestselling text Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. Researchers and students who find themselves uncomfortable with the analysis portion of their work have appreciated the book's unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation.

Neil J. Salkind takes students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlations and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. In addition, there is coverage of SPSS (and data sets for hands-on experience available at http://www.soe.ku.edu/faculty/Salkind/stats_fpwhs/), and a review of more advanced statistical techniques, such as reliability, validity, introductory non-parametric statistics, and more. Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical information about the topic and set-off points that reinforce major themes. Finally, answers to chapter exercises and a complete glossary are located at the back of the book.

For only $25.00 extra on top of the price of the textbook, students can now buy this bundle which includes the textbook and a copy of SPSS Student Version 13.0. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

my software didn't work
I liked the college textbooks better. I withdrew from this class as I took too many classes but I was getting a b. I bought this book so I could pratice more and retain what I remembered for next semester and I was upset with the software and the examples in the book.

Stats!
What a great book! Perfect for people who think they hate stats, its now my favorite class this semester!

Statistics for People Whi (Think They) Hate Statistics with SPSS Student Version 13.0 2nd Editiion
Overall, I found the book to be very helpful for general statistics information but would have liked expanded information on the use of SPSS itself. If you need the SPSS student edition software the CD-ROM is included.

Great resource for beginners
This book, combined with the SPSS 13.0 CD-ROM is a great value.
The book actually covers SPSS 11.5, even though this "2nd edition" is bundled with version 13.0.There are only very minor differences anyway, so it is not really a problem.There is a great section on jumping into using SPSS for some practice analysis.Much of the book is very helpful as a general stats resource, in addition to explaining SPSS-specific application.I would highly recommend it for statistics class students, though not advanced statistics.Higher graduate-level topics such as mulivariate stats are not really covered, though foundational subjects like ANOVA and Regression do get explained.The software matches the contents well, since the bundled Student Version of SPSS 13.0 likewise does not allow for multivariate analysis.

Review for Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
This book is easy to read.The author makes learning a tough topic more interesting and gives valuable advice on how to figure statistics. I still hate statistics, but I have less fear of the topic now. ... Read more

Book Description
The book presents an overview of multivariate statistics and their placein research. It describes the appropriate context for -- and the types ofempirical questions that can best be addressed by -- each technique orfamily of techniques, as well as the distribution assumptions that must be met for the analysis to be meaningful. The most commonly used multivariate techniques are examined in detail: multiple regression and correlation,path analysis, principal-components analysis, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, multidimensional scaling, analysis of cross-classifieddata, logistic regression, multivariate an alysis of variance (MANOVA),discriminant analysis, and meta-analysis. Statistical notations areexplained, underlying assumptions are described, and terms are definedclearly and understandably. Concepts and symbols are presented withminimal use of formulas and a generous use of real-world researchexamples. Each chapter also includes suggestions for additional readingand a glossary of statistical and related terms. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (8)

Excellent high-level overview
This book is an excellent high-level overview of multivariate statistics and the techniques for working with multivariate data.

It doesn't go into detail making it a very good read for people wanting to learn multivariate concepts.

Reading and Understanding Multivariate Statistics by Grimm
A good resource for someone taking a psyc stat class.

Fantastic Treatment of Sophisticated Mathemeatical Concepts
I've long wanted a better explanation of Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues than I recieved in a econometrics or statistics textbook. This book gives me an incredibly clear understanding of what they are. Now when I look back at the mathematical interpretation again it means so much more. This is a fantastic book that would highly recommend to anyone wanting a clear conceptual understanding of these sophisticated topics. 5 stars, no questions about it!

Great Resource for Statistics
In many introductory statistics courses you usually do not cover multivariate statistics. This book and its companion volume are useful for anyone in upper level undergraduate or graduate programs. It is a great reference to have when planning research.

You can read it all at once to get a general understanding of this area or you can look at it as you need it as a reference. It was much better than the statistics books I have had as required reading in courses. It's a great resource overall!

I read it - and I understood it!
"Reading and Understanding Multivariate Statistics" achieves exactly what its title implies.Geared toward non-statisticians in behavioral and social science fields, this book provides clear and reasonably simple explanations of some of the most common multivariate analyses.Each chapter focuses on a different analysis and presents its conceptual underpinnings, underlying assumptions, and basic procedures with a minimum of equations and many concrete examples.It does not teach you how to perform the analyses but does provide references for those who wish to get more detailed information.As a research scientist who doesn't always remember everything I learned in graduate statistics class, I find this book an invaluable aid keeping up with the current literature in my field and in making the most of statistical consultations.This book is ideal for anyone whose job requires them to be a "consumer" of research; for researchers who wish to further their understanding of data analysis; and as a companion text for graduate statistics classes. ... Read more

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A PERFECT PLAN FOR THE PERFECT SCORE

We want you to succeed on your AP* exam. That's why we've created this 5-step plan to help you study more effectively, use your preparation time wisely, and get your best score. This easy-to-follow guide offers you a complete review of your AP course, strategies to give you the edge on test day, and plenty of practice with AP-style test questions. You'll sharpen your subject knowledge, strengthen your thinking skills, and build your test-taking confidence with

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Customer Reviews (2)

If you have to take Statistics, at least get this book!
I've said it before, and I will say it again. I hate Statistics! It is not just that statistics originated as a means to classify and rank people according to their perceived social worth. Statistics is still used that way as evidenced by the publication and use of the book The Bell Curve. In comparision to a pure science like Neuroscience and also to mathematics, statistics is a subjective science. Everyone knows that statistics can be manipulated and used to show whatever the researcher wants to show...and it is more prone to abuse then most other hard sciences and math.

Ok, having said that...I had to take a statistics course at the last minute (read that last year) while working on my dissertation, because it was determined I did not have enough measurements classes. This book was required, but it really has not been used as much as the other textbook which is equation-based, but I quickly found that I preferred this book!

This textbook explains how and why statistics are used in all sciences, social sciences, etc. and how they are to be interpreted when seen in a journal. It is very concise...the authors for once are not writing for their peers, they are writing for their audience (which are going to be students, grad students, patient/consumers, etc). The book is written with an eye towards helping the reader understand the reasoning and logic behind using statistics. It is done with minimal decorative writing, and with a sense of humor. It makes use of good examples of both good and bad statistic use in papers and journals, it lambasts those who need lambasting, and it has a sense of humor.

If you have to understand statistics so you can read medical journals, sociology, educational journals, etc. this is the book to get. It is immensely helpful. I will rid my library of all other statistical books, but this one I will keep (since my statistics outside of class will be either on computers or I will do qualitative research!)
Karen Sadler,

Science Education,
University of PIttsburgh

the poor statistics students guide to understanding
This book not only assist the researcher in reading and understanding sometimes difficult statistical topics but it also is a excellent guide to decision making when writing your own research. ... Read more

Book Description

A condensed, streamlined version of the popular, widely used Understandable Statistics, 8/e, this text offers instructors an effective solution to teaching the essentials of statistics within a shorter time frame.

Designed to help students overcome their apprehension about statistics, Understanding Basic Statistics, 4/e is a thorough, accessible text that demonstrates the applicability of statistics in the real world. Student-friendly highlights of the Fourth Edition include solutions and key steps to odd-numbered problems, highlighted definitions, Expand Your Knowledge and Cumulative Review Problems, and a complete technology package with additional learning opportunities and skills-reinforcement exercises.

• Coverage of regression appears early in this edition.
• Procedures provide a brief summary of the statistical methods introduced in each chapter section. Examples and Guided Exercises demonstrate each Procedure.
• Cumulative Review Problems appear at the end of Chapters 3, 6, 9, and 11 and integrate concepts introduced in the previous three chapters.
• Guided Exercises immediately follow selected examples and provide an opportunity for students to explore new concepts. Worked-out solutions next to each exercise give students immediate reinforcement.
• Focus Points! at the beginning of each section introduce the topics to be covered.
• Data Highlights: Group Projects at the end of each chapter simulate real-world working situations. Together students discuss topics, analyze data, and formulate a group response to questions posed in the exercise.
• Linking Concepts: Writing Projects challenge students to craft an essay response to questions that apply statistical concepts to real life situations.

Customer Reviews (3)

Too Confusing for "Basic" Statistics
I'm a student and have never taken Statistics before.I found it to be too confusing, the instructions to be too vague and the examples to be hard to follow.They automatically assume that you know immediately what they're talking about; some new concepts they explain in one sentence, which I found to be seriously lacking for someone who's trying to learn.

Another thing is that you have to keep flipping back and forth through pages to get to formulas, charts, etc., including the references in the back of the book.There is nothing "basic" about this book at all.

Good, but not quite good enough
As a teacher of basic statistics, I am always on the lookout for a better text. Right now, I use "The Basic Practice of Statistics" by David Moore. Therefore, when I looked at this book, it was being compared to the Moore book as well as to what I want to cover in the class.
The coverage of this book is barely adequate for my needs although the order of presentation is well within my desires. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is not covered, which I consider to be a serious omission. The presentation style is appropriate for the level of student that I have in my classes, I would rank it right in the middle of what is acceptable in terms of level of difficulty. The demonstrations are generally clear, although at times a bit too concise. In my opinion it would have been better if there had been more examples worked in a step by step manner. My students need that at least once for each problem type.
If you are looking for a book where the exercises are real-world, then this book is just right for you. The problems that appear at the ends of the sections are nearly always based on a plausible scenario that someone could face. While this is good, it would have been better if there were at least a few problems where only the numbers are given. This is a way to get the students started before they have to face the "story problem" complex.
I will not be adopting this book for my class. If I were to use it, I would have to provide handouts of specific examples that are less technical than what appears here.

Great for Nursing Students
I highly recommend this textbook for the Statistics requirement in nursing programs.The statistical analyses are pertinent to nurses, and makes the information easier for nurses to understand.Very good textbook!(I made an A in this class, and I am a "math-tard.") ... Read more

Book Description
This comprehensive introduction to probability and statistics will give you the solid grounding you need no matter what your engineering specialty. Through the use of lively and realistic examples, the author helps you go beyond simply learning about statistics to actually putting the statistical methods to use. Rather than focus on rigorous mathematical development and potentially overwhelming derivations, the book emphasizes concepts, models, methodology, and applications that facilitate your understanding. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (33)

Not for those trying to learn stat/prob while taking other classes
Too wordy. The book is written as though we all have the time to read everything cover to cover. For those juggling 12+ hours of senior year engineering classes and labs along with work, this obviously is not the best text for seriously learning probability and statistics quickly and effectively.

As a math tutor, it is books like this that make me cringe, as many students have trouble trying to refer to lengthy text when they try to resolve issues on their own. I see way too many students who end up resorting to tutors due to books written like this--not a good sign at all.

Devore would help all of us if he would put more things in clear point-form, have more summarized text, and save anecdotal examples for the example section. If you are assigned this textbook for your class, I highly recommend purchasing the student solution manual--that book is a lifesaver and will help you check your homework. I also recommend any supplemental books such as those by REA and Schaum's to help you better understand the material. Having a statistics tutor would also help if your teacher is not too hot at explaining stuff because you surely can't count on this book for much assistance! Good luck...

difficult to understand = bad textbook
The author suck in explaining, everything in the book, from deffinition to example are difficult to understand. The words he used, the sentense structure don't make sense most of the time, 98%. Too bad my professor chose this textbook, I want to throw it away many time when reading it because things just don't make sense. An example, a section about stem-and-leaf display, I don't understand it at all, no matter how many time I read that section, I finally got it after reading a quick tutorial on the web for just a few minutes. I spent almost two hour trying to understand it from this book. Cra..zy.

A Very Good Reference
This book blends theory and practice nicely.It goes beyond the "how to" just enough to help better understand the mechanics of Statistics.This is very important in engineeering because a computer can do the calculation, but it is the engineer who would make sense out of the results.Although I found several printing errors, but they did not impede my reading.I am waiting for the author to publish the new edition of Applied Statistics for Engineers.The two books would go together well.

Badly Organized, examples pointless and only add to the confusion
One of the worst features of this textbook is organization. Expect some questions to ask you to flip back to a previous question requiring you to flip thru several pages for a single question. Would it have been so difficult to rewrite out a few numbers instead of See Problem #12.

Also question numbering is completely absurd, rather than going from 1-X they for some reason carry the X to the next section example chapter 1-1 would be problems 1-20, chapter 1-2 21-30... etc it only adds to the confusion of this worthless text.

Don't expect to learn anything from the textbook the examples are difficult to understand, and avoids any problems you would expect to see in your lifetime.

One of the greatest aspects of probably and statistics is being able to calculate odds in games. Such as probably of blackjack hands, dice rolling, this textbook manages to avoid everything that has to with things like that.

A Book for a Freshmen Level College Course?
We are currently two chapter into the book and I have found the text to be nearly useless. There are solid proofs of the basic computations and examples are given. Unfortunately the formulas are extremely abstract while at the same time using mathematical jargon someone who has not taken statistics before would have little to no experience with. Some of the examples are great at helping you out on the first part of problems, but on parts c,d,e,f and g there isn't a whole lot to go off of. But as always universities never choose books based on how well it teaches a student, but normally by the number of editions the publisher puts out and the price of the book. If possible I would have a solutions manual on hand for homework. ... Read more

Book Description
Help your students see the light.

With its myriad of techniques, concepts and formulas, business statistics can be overwhelming for many students. They can have trouble recognizing the importance of studying statistics, and making connections between concepts.

Ken Black's fifth edition of Business Statistics: For Contemporary Decision Making helps students see the big picture of the business statistics course by giving clearer paths to learn and choose the right techniques.

Here's how Ken Black helps students see the big picture:
* Video Tutorials-In these video clips, Ken Black provides students with extra learning assistance on key difficult topics. Available in WileyPLUS.
* Tree Taxonomy Diagram-Tree Taxonomy Diagram for Unit 3 further illustrates the connection between topics and helps students pick the correct technique to use to solve problems.
* New Organization-The Fifth Edition is reorganized into four units, which will help professor teach and students see the connection between topics.
* WileyPLUS-WilePLUS provides everything needed to create an environment where students can reach their full potential and experience the exhilaration of academic success. In addition to a complete online text, online homework, and instant feedback, WileyPLUS offers additional Practice Problems that give students the opportunity to apply their knowledge, and Decision Dilemma Interactive Cases that provide real-world decision-making scenarios.
Learn more at www.wiley.co,/college/wileyplus. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (3)

Good Overall
Pretty thorough text for anyone learning or brushing up on their skills...quite intuitive.

This is one of the best business statistics book
This book is used in the course of Business Statistics at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. This is a useful and understandable book. The questions are well-prepared.Also,the statistics program PhSTAT is given with this book. I advise you to buy.

Good, but could be better
This book is okay, but it could definitely be better.For a basic statistics class, this book contains WAY too much information to digest in a semester of college.No professor I know of has ever gotten past chapter 8.Further, the problems are quite wimpy as far as the amount of thought required for them.Quite wimpy.Could be better.The only good thing is that for doing it on a spreadsheet, the data comes on a CD, so that you don't have to re-type it, thankfully. ... Read more

Book Description

Berenson shows students how statistics is use in each functional area of business. This edition features statistics in real-business scenarios, web cases, data analysis and interpretation of software results, case studies and team projects, as well as visual explorations of statistical concepts. This book is intended for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in statistics.

Customer Reviews (3)

Good Overall
Pretty thorough text for anyone learning or brushing up on their skills...quite intuitive.

This is one of the best business statistics book
This book is used in the course of Business Statistics at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. This is a useful and understandable book. The questions are well-prepared.Also,the statistics program PhSTAT is given with this book. I advise you to buy.

Good, but could be better
This book is okay, but it could definitely be better.For a basic statistics class, this book contains WAY too much information to digest in a semester of college.No professor I know of has ever gotten past chapter 8.Further, the problems are quite wimpy as far as the amount of thought required for them.Quite wimpy.Could be better.The only good thing is that for doing it on a spreadsheet, the data comes on a CD, so that you don't have to re-type it, thankfully. ... Read more