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Introduction to the Practice of Statistics w/CD-ROM

Introduction to the Practice of Statistics w/CD-ROM
By David S. Moore, George P. McCabe

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With its focus on data analysis, statistical reasoning, and the way statisticians actually work, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (IPS) helped bring the power of critical thinking and practical applications to today's statistics classroom. Unlike more traditional “plug and chug” /formula driven texts, IPS de-emphasizes probability and gives students a deeper understanding of statistics.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #13040 in Books
  • Published on: 2005-02-01
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • 896 pages

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another well-written and popular text by David Moore5
David Moore is a Professor of Statistics at Purdue University. He is both a great teacjer and a scholar. In addition to one or two well-written advanced books he has written a number of high quality introductory statistics books and has led the movement toward AP statistics in the high schools and active learning methods for tesching statistics at the elementary, middle and high school levels as well as at the universities.

This book is a new edition of his highly successful introductory text. This is only slightly more advanced than the text "The Basic Practice of Statistics" also written by Moore. This edition can only be as good or better than the one U have read. The inclusion of a CD for use in the course can only be a significant edition to this applied text.

Clear as mud3
I'll grant you that this is my first time in any kind of statistics class so perhaps my complaint should be leveled more at statistics in general rather than at this particular book. My complaint, specifically, is that the way this book presents statistics and explanations is so sparse and inadequate as to be nearly useless. It has plentiful exercises--which I like (because, as other reviews have said, repetition is the only way to learn a new language or skill)--but it's woefully inadequate in how it goes about conveying the foreign concepts of statistics to a newcomer. It expects a student (me, in this case) to understand all the complexities of a concept after having read the paragraph or two of explanation given in the textbook. Consequently, all the wonderful examples are useless because the book doesn't grant the comprehension to do the exercises. I've already bought one more statistics textbook to supplement this one (which is, unfortunately, used in my stats class) and will probably be buying another one. I'm desperate for a decent stats textbook because this one isn't remotely decent. Get it for many examples to work (though I don't understand why a text book would provide exercises without providing a key for said exercises), but not for learning the concepts. This book provides the key to HALF the exercises...why?

Great book, great condition5
This book was delivered when I expected it, is in good shape and is easy to understand and follow