Introductory Statistics

I ordered this book and received it in less than a week in the great condition that they promised. I was very pleased with the service. I would order from him or her again anytime !

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.

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.

I personally taught out of this text on 3 occasions and consider it to be the single best introductory statistics book ever written, period.

As the title says, I teach statistics using this text and I was surprised to see one very negative review of it. I did not choose the book (my graduate department did) but it is much more "user-friendly" than most, especially for the student who is new to statistics. It does not try to impress with arcane formulas and does not try to cover every data analysis contingency (e.g., situations you will run across once or twice in your career). It comes with tons of problems and answers and solutions for each. I'm glad that we made the switch.