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Title: Chances Are: The Only Statistics Book You'll Ever Need by Stephen L. Slavin, Steve Slavin ISBN: 1-56833-108-8 Publisher: Madison Books Pub. Date: August, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: So, what are the chances?
Comment: So what are the chances that this really is the only Statistics book you'll ever need? Depends on who you are.
If you are an adult who's been out of school for a while and never took a course in statistics and won't be needing to take one in the foreseeable future this really is the only book you'll probably ever need. It starts off explaing basic arithmetic and moves to decimals,percents and eases into the basics of statistics.
If you're a college student who hasn't taken any statistics classes before but will be soon this is a good primer. It will give you the necessary basics to remove any stumbling blocks during those first weeks of classes but you will move beyond the scope of this book quickly.
If you've already taken some statistics courses this is not the book for you. This book is not meant for someone with any background already, it will be far too basic.
The title is accurate in that it is meant for the average person not the math professional. Should the latter be looking for a comprehensive tome on statistical analysis this isn't it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Watch out for math errors
Comment: As an adult long past math class, I am attempting to home school myself on statistics. This book has been reasonably simple to understand, but I am finding random math errors that make the learning process FAR more difficult. Particularly in the 6th chapter on percentiles, I have encountered three errors - looks like a poor editorial review job. The subject is difficult enough, without having to figure out the author or publisher has made mistakes. If anyone knows how I can reach Mr. Slavin by email, I'd appreciate you posting a review here. Thank you.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not for anyone needing to do statistical analysis
Comment: Nicely presented for the basic intro into statistics; mean, mode, probability, rates, basic graphs and charts, what a standard deviation is, what is correlation and regression ,etc. However, nothing on what statistical tests to perform when you have data to analyse, such as a student-t test, Chi Square, Mann-Whitney Test, or power analysis.
I bought this book thinking it would nicely outline statistical tests one would use and explain when to use the proper test. It doesn't mention any statistical analysis.
A very good book to review what would probably be in chapter 1 of any stats book plus correlation and regression. These are important concepts which need to be understood before one could think with statistics but certainly not "The Only Statistics Book You'd Ever Need."
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Title: Statistics for the Utterly Confused by Lloyd R. Jaisingh ISBN: 0071350055 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade Pub. Date: 25 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cartoon Guide to Statistics by Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith ISBN: 0062731025 Publisher: HarperResource Pub. Date: 25 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Statistics for Dummies by Deborah Rumsey ISBN: 0764554239 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 25 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Statistics (Cliffs Quick Review) by David H. Voelker, Peter Z. Orton, Scott Adams ISBN: 0764563882 Publisher: Cliffs Notes Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Statistics the Easy Way (Easy Way Series) by Douglas Downing, Jeffrey Clark, Jeff Clark ISBN: 0812093925 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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