In amazingly succinct language, this book covers a wide range of topics on probabilities and statistics with crystal clarity. It serves well as an introduction to the topic, but unlike many introductory books, it by no means lack mathematical depth. This tiny but rich book is a real gem in today's book market where the emptiest topic can take more than 500 pages.
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Why I think this is a great book: 1) It is easy to read and understand. Author has a great aproach and examples all around. 2) At the same time nothing is left not proven. Prior to this, I purchased couple of books that just give you this or that for granted as a formula (for example they just "anounce" what the standard deviation is for the binomial distribution without proving it or explaining why). I despised that, as...
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This modest little book is both a masterpiece and a gem! I can't praise it enough! It is different from any other statistics book I have ever read in that it puts you in the place of famous historical figures in statistics and helps you rediscover their findings. His use of original source material is very well done. The book is self-contained and the author proves almost everything of importance(some of the proofs are...
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I've learned probability and statistics from at least four other authors, and have constantly been browsing other textbooks that appear in the bookstore. I chanced upon Bulmer's 1965 book one fortunate day. It is still useful and relevant more than thirty years after its first printing. This clear and elegant book is also concise and straight-to-the-point, offering beautiful and brief developments of material that usually...
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I have six books on statistics in my personal library. All of them are bigger than Bulmer's book, but none have been read as many times, and none are as tattered, marked up, and cross-referenced. Simply put, Bulmer's book is the most useful and complete book on basic statistics that I have. It's a nice package in a reasonably sized book with all the most important stuff for dealing with basic statistical problems that...
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