Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (3rd Edition) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Ron Larson, Elizabeth Farber
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Pages: 736
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0131483161
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.5
EAN: 9780131483163
Publication Date: January 14, 2005
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Product Description
Every aspect of Elementary Statistics has been carefully crafted to help readers learn statistics. The Third Edition features many updates and revisions that place increased emphasis on interpretation of results and critical thinking over calculations. Chapter topics include probability, discrete probability distributions, normal probability distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation and regression, chi-square tests and the f-distribution, and nonparametric tests. For readers who want a comprehensive, step-by-step, flexible introduction to statistics.
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 Elementary Statistics 3rd Ed. January 6, 2008
Pannone (New Jersey)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent book - the student study pack is essential if you are purchasing this book. Really helpful for assignments, minilabs and exam prep.
Excellent book! August 10, 2008
Poppy536 (United States)
Excellent book! This is an easy to follow textbook for elementary statistics. There are a lot of examples and a lot of exercise to practice what you learned in the examples. I didn't purchase the student study pack, but several students in my class did and it really helped a lot.
Elementary Statistics:Picturing the world v.IV October 6, 2008
J. Romo
Item was shipped within a reasonable period of time. Item was in good condition as described by seller.
Good Book October 5, 2007
Emily Bucy (Olympia, WA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book arrived right on time. IT was in great condition, I was very pleased with my purchase.
 Well organized, but inconsistent level. Elementary? February 24, 2007
MagicSkip (Marriottsville, MD)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was assigned this book for teaching my 100-level college intro-stats course. It is much better organized than the previous book I used, but it isn't as thorough. Some topics, such as calculating a median and other percentiles using depth on an ordered list, are simply omitted in this book.
It seems that some topics are omitted or glossed over because they might be too complex for "Elementary" statistics. On the other hand, the more complex topics in the book, such as hypothesis testing -- a topic that students consistently have a hard time understanding -- are not covered in enough depth.
Our students are sold this book in a package with videos on CD, a study guide, and a couple other things. This package is, in my opinion, worthless to a student in a class. They may be valuable to someone teaching themselves, or to a student in an online class, but for a live class, I think they are a waste of money.
The CD videos show a teacher working through the topics and some of the problems in the book. However, the teacher seems to have, (hands flail) y'know, a highly repetitive, (hands flail) y'know, (hands flail) vocabulary (hands flail), and it's (hands flail) y'know (hands flail) really hard to (hands flail) y'know, watch him (hands flail) y'know, teach. Like his hands have a nervous tic or something. I'm sure I have my own quirks in class, but this guy... his hands are something else.
All in all, I think the book is pretty good, with solid examples, well-highlighted definitions and key points. The chapter exercises are good in that they start VERY easy and progress through up to reasonably difficult, while staying within the limits of the text.
I told my department head: I like the book, but I recommend it without the bonus materials (and associated costs!).
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