Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists

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Summary: It is a very readable book.
Review: Compared to other books on statistics, I find this book very easy to understand. The concepts are clearly and concisely explained without the long and tedious mathematical manipulations. The approach is applications-and-technology oriented. I would recommend this book to students who like to put statistics to immediate use.

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Summary: Don't waste money
Review: I attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees in statistics, so I have been taught by each of the 3 authors of this textbook. While I have not seen the final version of this text, I know the authors' approach to be very applied and straightforward, and definitely worthwhile.

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Summary: Straightforward approach
Review: I attended Worcester Polytechnic Institute for both my undergraduate and graduate degrees in statistics, so I have been taught by each of the 3 authors of this textbook. While I have not seen the final version of this text, I know the authors' approach to be very applied and straightforward, and definitely worthwhile.

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Summary: unique style of presentation
Review: i have read chapters 7, 8 and parts of chapter 11 all regarding correlation and regression techniques. I think this book's style is quite interactive and unique, and in some ways the best.

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Summary: Don't waste money
Review: Terribly organized, poorly explained.
Don't waste money.