Study Guide for Moore's The Basic Practice of Statistics

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Study Guide for Moore's The Basic Practice of Statistics
by William I. Notz, Michael A. Fligner
from W. H. Freeman

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• Student Edition

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• stat book for all disciplines
  This book provides an excellent formal introduction to statistics for undergraduates in all disciplines. It is the book I would teach out of for such a course. For specialty areas, I would choose a different text. Courses designed for engineers or health science majors should emphasize the techniques that are most commonly used in their discipline and the examples and applications in their discipline should be emphasized. With that said, there are still many introductory courses at universities that would... more info

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  This book is a disorganized, sloppy and ridiculous attempt to explain statistics in layman's terms.
  I bought the study guide (much better) and have come to this conclusion. Most textbook writers should write a textbook then take out the exercises put them in the study guide and throw away the manuscript forever as not to add to the loathing that people have of mathematics.
  Luckily, my instructor does not require that we turn in homework I simply do the exercises from the study guide skip reading... more info

• Wow.....just bad.
  I'm an older, returning student and have seen my fair share of textbooks over the years. This is the first one that has been so bad that I feel the need to warn others. It is so bad that specifics are not even worth noting. If you are required to buy this book for a class, consider buying another to supplement it, get a tutor, or take Statistics at another school that doesn't require this book....seriously.

• Poorly written
  This is the worst textbook I have ever had to use. I had to buy another text on statistics so I could understand what this book was trying to get across. Be aware that the text is not enough. You will have to use the CD with the excel and TI-83 explanations (yes the book is that outdated that it still refers to a TI-83). This CD is several hundred more pages long. It also comes with another set of CD's that you will also need to use in order to navigate through the mess that this author created. It all... more info

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