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Statistics Paperback – 20 February 2007

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Renowned for its clear prose and no-nonsense emphasis on core concepts, Statistics covers fundamentals using real examples to illustrate the techniques. The Fourth Edition has been carefully revised and updated to reflect current data.

New data for the Fourth Edition
Continuing to develop statistical concepts using real data, the Fourth Edition features intriguing examples from medicine, business, genetics, economics, law, psychology, and other fields. Most of the numbers have been updated for the Fourth Edition. There are new results from the 2000 census, the 2004 Gallup Poll, the 2005 Current Population Survey, and more.

Intuitive organization teaches study design early in the text
Statistics, Fourth Edition, introduces controlled experiments and observational studies in the first two chapters, developing the ideas of study design before moving on to descriptive statistics, sampling, and inference.

Classroom-tested problems
Honed by the authors\' teaching experience, the problems in the Fourth Edition test new concepts as they are presented, challenging students to make qualitative judgments and rough estimates as well as numerical calculations. Assumptions underlying the correct use of statistical procedures are explored in detail, as are the consequences of using techniques when assumptions are not satisfied.

Accessible coverage and pedagogy
In clear and direct prose, this classic text conveys statistics as a way of thinking about the world rather than as a set of abstract concepts. Beyond the examples of current interest, there are engaging historical examples to illustrate enduring questions of statistical analysis. Mathematical concepts are integrated with the reading to ensure that students understand the relation between the concepts and the real world. There are many computer graphics to display the data, as well as freehand working drawings. On the lighter side, the Fourth Edition features cartoons by New Yorker artists Dana Fradon and Leo Cullum.

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Publisher : *Norton agency titles; 1st edition (20 February 2007)
Language : English
Paperback : 714 pages
ISBN-10 : 0393930432
ISBN-13 : 978-0393930436
Dimensions : 17.78 x 3.56 x 25.4 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 39,354 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 108 in Probability & Statistics (Books)

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David Freedman received his B.Sc. from McGill and his Ph.D. from Princeton. He has worked as a consultant for the City of San Francisco, the County of Los Angeles, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Department of Justice. He has written several previous books and numerous technical papers. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and teaches at the University of California, Berkeley.

Robert Pisani received his B.A. and Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests include probability models of market-price behavior and the statistical valuation of financial instruments.

Roger Purves received his B.A. at the University of British Columbia and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, where he currently teaches. His research interests are in the mathematical foundations of probability theory.

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geek in heels

best statistics book ever!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2007

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This book is absolutely absolutely brilliant. Best text book on statistics ever written!!

I wish I had known about this book years ago when I was studying statistics in college. I took 2 courses, spent a fortune but took away very little with me after the exams were over.

this book on the other hand mapped out everything so clearly in my mind. not too late to read after all this years - better late than never. I'm not afraid of statistics any more after reading this book!

Recommended to anyone who's interested in research of any kind, business analysis (which is what I'm doing currently), or analysis of any kind.
Recommended to anyone who wants to gain insights from data and persuade other people with data using an analytical approach

another word on buying this book: i got the 2nd edition of this book which costs me only 3 quid. i don't think it's worth it buying the 3rd or 4th edition, and spend 10x more money. statistical theories don't change over time!

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Joaquin Bejar Garcia

31 missing pages

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 September 2019

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I can't understand how is possible for a book editor to miss 31 pages of a book

Anna Elbel

Nützliche Anschaffung

Reviewed in Germany on 5 July 2016

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Alles in allem ist das Buch eine sehr nützliche Anschaffung wenn man einen mathematischen oder wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Studiengang hat. Grade für den Bereich Econometrics geeignet. Man kann die Inhalte gut nachvollziehen und es ist auch für das erstmalige Verständnis sehr geeignet. Das einzige was fehlt ist die kleinste Quadrate regression.
Im großen und ganzen: go for it!

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Jack

Not a maths book; more like a novel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2011

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I read a previous review stating this book avoids the use of "arcane" mathematical symbols, and, feeling curious about how the authors managed, I bought a copy for a couple of quid. Having browsed through it and having read a few random pages, I can confirm the most obscure mathematical symbols in the text appear to be the square root and the factorial sign, but even these are used very sparingly. It seems the authors have taken on the advice given to Stephen Hawking by his publisher--each mathematical formula in a book will reduce its sales by half--so they really have gone out of their way to avoid using mathematics (in a mathematics book, mind you). However, they have made up for it with very lengthy explanations of simple concepts. In fact, if you open the book at a random page, chances are it looks more like a novel than like a mathematics book. In the very few formulae present in the book, real English words like "slope" or "mean" are used rather than the mathematical symbols normally used to represent them (a previous reviewer sees using five letters for a concept instead of the one letter mathematicians normally use as a positive thing, but I don't; I see it as a waste of time.) Definitions of new concepts introduced in the book are extremely vague and also given in words . The concept is then talked about at length, and eventually a computational formula is given (in words, of course). In my opinion the way to go about it is to give a precise mathematical definition--yes, with a formula--and then, if necessary, briefly explain in English what the formula means and the motivation behind the definition. This method, employed by most authors, saves a lot of reading time, paper, and ink.

The most important quality for me in a mathematics book is conciseness; I like an author that goes straight to the point and doesn't waste words; I like a book that doesn't waste my time; I like a book that's dense in ideas. This one isn't at all, and that's the reason I can't recommend it. There's too much talk in it and not enough action. If you have a basic mathematical background, do yourself a favour and buy a book that covers the same material using a few mathematical formulae but 80% less paper, and that doesn't talk to you like you're a baby or intellectually challenged. If you're planning on taking more advanced statistics or mathematics courses, follow the same advice, as you will eventually have to learn some real mathematics and use "arcane" mathematical symbols. The sooner you start, the better; there's no point in putting it off. You're not going to get through a degree in maths, physics, economics, or engineering on words alone. If you're one of those people who's allergic to maths but needs to pass a statistics course for some reason, invest a little bit of time in learning some basic mathematics, get comfortable with using mathematical symbols like x and y rather than the "an unknown quantity" English equivalent, and then buy some other basic statistics book: it will save you time (and you will have learned some maths, which can't be a bad thing).

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Adrian

A must have for anyone who studies statistics

Reviewed in Germany on 12 November 2012

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A must have for anyone who studies statistics and want to understand. want to think about statistics and not applying formulas!

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