Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach

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This book is easy to follow and understand. It uses real world examples and is somewhat interesting. For being my introduction to statistics, this book has made it oh so easy. Recommend it for beginners.

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.

I evaluated this book for possible use in the basic statistics class that I teach at the college level. When conducting such evaluations, I consider the following points essential: *) Does it cover the appropriate material? *) Is the material presented in the order that I prefer or one that I can adapt to my needs? *) Is the text understandable, can the students read and understand it on their own? My minimal list of appropriate material includes: *) Basic probability. *) The normal distribution. *) Confidence intervals. *) Hypothesis testing using the z and t tests. *) Hypothesis testing with proportions. *) Testing the difference between means and proportions. *) Correlation and regression. *) Chi-square tests. *) Analysis of variance. All of these topics are covered in this book. Nonparametric statistics are also examined. The order of coverage matches the previous list, which also conforms to the order that I prefer. I also found the text understandable, although a bit thicker than I prefer. This can be attributed to the inclusion of sections on how to use technology to compute the statistical values. The problems are solved using Minitab, TI-83 or 84 and Excel. The only technology I use in my class is a simple calculator, so these sections are superfluous to me. At the end, I decided not to adopt this text, While I consider it to be well done and suitable in all ways, I will continue to use a smaller book that does not have the "Using technology" sections. Given the consistent sameness of basic statistics texts, adoption decisions are made based on such simple and often minor differences.

The book is very clearly written with good explanations and application to real world situations. I especially find the instructions about how to use the TI-83 and MS Excel very helpful. I will not be reselling this book; I intend to keep it as a reference book for some time to come.