Study Guide and Solutions Manual for the Course 1 Exam of the Society of Actuaries

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Summary: Very Helpful
Review: For a Course 1 student with prior education in calculus and probability, McGannon's valuable study guide offers a good summary and review of the requisite math concepts, including useful chapters on series, probability, multivariate statistics, and special distributions, plus 100's of exam-style examples and problems.

My experience is in Physics and Engineering, and I had not taken a test in over 20 years. I passed Course 1 on my first attempt by studying this book and the sample exams on the SOA website. This guide gave me the concise and compehensive survey of the material I needed to pass the exam. However there are a couple errors here and there and explanations are brief, leaving the reader to learn mostly by example.

Highly recommended for all students of this exam.