Introduction to Probability and Statistics (with InfoTrac and CD-ROM)

by William Mendenhall, Robert J. Beaver, Barbara M. Beaver

INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS is one of the first texts published by Duxbury and has been blending innovation with tradition for over thirty years. It was the first statistics text to include case studies in it, and now in the eleventh edition, this text is the first to include java applets in the body of the text. It has been used by hundreds of thousands of students since its first edition. This new edition retains the excellent examples, exercises and exposition that have made it a market leader, and builds upon this tradition of excellence with new technology integration.

Genres: Mathematics, Textbooks, Academic, Education, Science

744 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1971

Reviews

[Kate]

This book could really use a good style editor. Numbering conventions are all wonky. Mentioning things and not defining them til chapters later. We have fun in class pointing out the inconsistencies.

Oh and FYI the 12th edition and 13th edition are nearly the same; some of the extra problems in the chapters are slightly different. We examined #1.37 in class this week, and the numbers of hazardous dump sites in the 12th edition were taken from a 2003 survey, which differed slightly with the later numbers my classmates had in their edition. If your professor assigns homework, this could create a problem. Mine doesn't, so I am fortunate to have been able to purchase the much cheaper, earlier edition.

[Frank]

Three and a half stars. The examples are good. But it would be nice if the author included some proofs instead of repeating "the proof is beyond the scope of this book". Also, the author used Excel and Minitab instead of Excel and R. Who uses Minitab in industry?

[Heather Holland]

Decent, first book was better imo, still a good read.

[Giffari Aditya]

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