Mathematical Statistics with Applications

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Summary: This book is more theoretical.
Review: This book simply does not have enough worked out examples. This book is more theoretical than applied. I personally favor applied books more. I purchased Probability for Risk Management by Hassett and it is a lot more "hands on." It explains what you need to know in a few paragraphs whereas Wackerly takes pages to say the same thing. Granted, if you're looking more for theory, go with Wackerly's Mathematical Statistics. If you're looking to pass an actuarial exam, Hassett is undoubtedly the way to go.

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Summary: A great book!
Review: This is definitely one of the best introductory statistical books around. The writing is lucid and masterly, and includes a wide variety of topics. The authors have included an abundant number of well-chosen exercises and these cover a wide spectrum showing the application of statistics to the engineering, biological, etc., sciences. My only complaints are that there is not enough on residuals and influence in the chapter on regression; the use of the hat matrix in this context would have been most beneficial, in my opinion. Also I would have very much liked to see the Fisher information in inference and the Smith-Satterthwaite procedure in hypothesis testing included. Nonethless both students and instructors will find the book extremely useful and it gets my highest recommendations!

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Summary: Three standard deviations from the mean...
Review: This is one of the best introductory Math Stat books I've seen. It is very clearly written with many helpful examples. A bargain at twice the price!

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Summary: Fantastic Book
Review: This is one of the best introductory Math Stat books I've seen. It is very clearly written with many helpful examples. A bargain at twice the price!