Introduction to the Practice of Statistics

Arrived in time to begin coursework for University study. Very helpful throughout the course of study.

The book was new. Timely delivered. The thing is I did awesome in my class, high ace. Thanks!!!

Great condition. Needed for class.

Mostly a great book. The book is more heavy on examples and application more that description and explanation. If that style of teaching works for you, then this book is golden in explain statistical concepts!

Like other reviewers have mentioned, this book is not good at explaining statistical concepts. The writing style is strange and includes errors (I'm not sure when it was decided 100,000 requires a comma in English, but 1,000 does not). Other errors include repeating sentences in problems or answers being incorrect. A character in one problem is named Emily, but ends up as Julie by the end of the problem. The writing style is also somewhat inappropriate and unprofessional. One problem gives an example of studying the effect of calcium on young girls, so an experiment is created where investigators spike the punch at a summer camp for girls. Another problem asks you to explain why it would be "stupid" to not sell more than 10 of something.The problems at the end of the sections are the most frustrating part. Oftentimes, questions will refer to the previous problem, a problem within the section, or a problem from an entirely different section just to have you answer the same questions as those problems. One problem even referred to a problem in the previous section which referred to a previous problem in that section. Talk about problem-ception, just combine the problems into one. Other problems require you to source data from the internet or from some other unknown source (How do I make a scatterplot without the necessary data?! The book doesn't even tell me where to get it from!).The answers to the odd numbered problems are given in the back of the book, at least partially. Some parts of answers are mysteriously left out and skipped. Some answers are just flat out incorrect. For example, one question asks what blood type children will have if the parents have B and O alleles. Obviously, it would be B or O blood type, but the back of the book says it should be A or O. If you plan on teaching yourself statistics with this book, you will be left scratching your head wondering if your math is incorrect or if the book is incorrect.I'm not sure what teachers and professors see in this book, but it is simply not good. It seems as if the authors merely pumped this book out to make a quick buck, put little thought or care into the material, and stamped it as the "up to date edition". Perhaps it is the only Intro to Statistics book on the market? Anyway, I will be returning this book.

I rented this book for a stats class at my university. I've not found the explanations very useful. It would be much improved by clarifying the mathematical terms and functions and providing clear and easy to understand examples of calculations. As it is, I find it very hard to follow/understand the concepts and functions laid out in the book. My high school textbooks did a better job.

Not the easiest read but it still does the job.

This textbook jumps around a lot, is not very intuitive by any means, has multiple typos, some answers are incorrect in the back, half of the problems you need to "Refer to Exercise X.XX" which happens to be multiple pages back making it difficult to follow. Just overall this book is brutal to get through.