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Summary: Three standard deviations from the mean...
Review: As a student in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto who used "Introduction to Mathematical Statistics" by Rice as a textbook for a course on Probability and Statistics, I must say that my life would have been so much easier had I owned a copy of Wackerly's text. It is a concise, easy to follow, practical textbook that covers the material thoroughly while still presenting it in a most digestible form.
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Summary: Worst stat book ever
Review: I work as an actuary, and I have passed the first actuarial exam (the calculus and stat exam with a <30% pass ratio). My friend uses this book for her stat class, and I have found it to be a terrible book.I hope that any teacher reads this, and looks at the book before assigning it to a class. There are very few examples of problems, very little discussion of theory, and it is structured in a way that does not allow you to easily reference other texts. If you want a good text for challenging problems and relevant examples, try Hogg and Tanis.
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Summary: Worst stat book ever
Review: I work as an actuary, and I have passed the first actuarial exam (the calculus and stat exam with a <30% pass ratio). My friend uses this book for her stat class, and I have found it to be a terrible book. I hope that any teacher reads this, and looks at the book before assigning it to a class. There are very few examples of problems, very little discussion of theory, and it is structured in a way that does not allow you to easily reference other texts. If you want a good text for challenging problems and relevant examples, try Hogg and Tanis.
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Summary: Worst stat book ever
Review: I work as an actuary, and I have passed the first actuarial exam (the calculus and stat exam with a <30% pass ratio). My friend uses this book for her stat class, and I have found it to be a terrible book. I hope that any teacher reads this, and looks at the book before assigning it to a class. There are very few examples of problems, very little discussion of theory, and it is structured in a way that does not allow you to easily reference other texts. If you want a good text for challenging problems and relevant examples, try Hogg and Tanis.
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Summary: That book is excellent
Review: I'm a teacher of Catolic University of Guayaquil(Ecuador) P.O.Box 09-01-4671. I need Solutions Manual to Accompany Mathematical Statistics with Applications by William Mendenhall, Richard L. Scheaffer and Dennis D. Wackerly; to work in the most indicated way.
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Summary: Look elsewhere if you're looking for a rigorous text.
Review: If you like applications and problem sloving, pick it up--it's loaded with it. But if you're looking for a book with a strong theoretical foundation, look elsewhere. Quite often my professor would see it fit to do a "more general case" or a "more rigorous proof." I found the examples and motivations to be weak and not very helpful, and the proofs to be kind of a joke. I often felt like I was reading a freshman calculus book while reading this one, as it's been a while since I read a math text that hi-lited definitions and theorems...
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Summary: Solid Presentation But Lacking Concision
Review: The sixth edition of Math. Statistics w/ Applications is a solid book with good information. However, the form of presentation was not for me. The authors have chosen an explicative style which tends to be overly wordy. When I begin to read a chapter, I tend to get frustrated and impatient because they either try to show you all the subtleties at once or give you a long-ass paragraph that can be said with one sentence. Thus, The most important stuff is buried in a mountain of over-whelming text. I have ditched this book in favor of Ghahramani's "Fundamentals of Probability, Second Edition" for my Math Stat I class.
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Summary: Solid Presentation But Lacking Concision
Review: The sixth edition of Math. Statistics w/ Applications is a solid book with good information. However, the form of presentation was not for me. The authors have chosen an explicative style which tends to be overly wordy. When I begin to read a chapter, I tend to get frustrated and impatient because they either try to show you all the subtleties at once or give you a long-ass paragraph that can be said with one sentence. Thus, The most important stuff is buried in a mountain of over-whelming text. I have ditched this book in favor of Ghahramani's "Fundamentals of Probability, Second Edition" for my Math Stat I class.
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Summary: Best statistics book for econometricians
Review: This book is a book on mathematical statistics and hence goes further than most entry-level statistics books, which mostly deal with business statistics. This book does not reinvent the wheel, but is goes further where other books end. You will find a mathematical explanation and theorems are proved as well. Soms more advanced topics are moment generating functions and power tests. The consequention is that the learning curve is steeper. At my university, econometrics students use this book, and they couldn't have made a better choice. Logically, since econometricians don't have enough on a book with only a minor focus on formulas.
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Summary: Wackerly, Mendenhall, and Scheaffer's Book very clear.
Review: This book is extremely easy to follow. It is clearly written, and the problems are well-thought out. My only complaint would be the paucity of difficult problems to stretch the inquiring mind.
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