Advanced Statistics from an Elementary Point of View [Hardcover]

Michael J Panik (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0120884941 | ISBN-13: 978-0120884940 | Publication Date: October 14, 2005 | Edition: 1

The highly readable text captures the flavor of a course in mathematical statistics without imposing too much rigor; students can concentrate on the statistical strategies without getting lost in the theory.
Students who use this book will be well on their way to thinking like a statistician. Practicing statisticians will find this book useful in that it is replete with statistical test procedures (both parametric and non-parametric) as well as numerous detailed examples.

· Comprehensive coverage of descriptive statistics
· More detailed treatment of univariate and
bivariate probability distributions
· Thorough coverage of probability theory with
numerous event classifications

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"I like the fact that this text contains information about descriptive statistics and sampling techniques...I also thought the discussion of limit laws was well-written. This text is a nice blend of applications and theory without focusing on proofs."
-Laura McSweeney, Fairfield University

"The main strength of the book is the great length that this author is willing to go in explaining concepts...This text covers quite a breadth of topics. With this text, it would be easy to use some of the sections that I would not cover in class."
-Christopher Mecklin, Murray State University

"The topics are comprehensive, there are thorough explanations, a good number of worked out examples, and clearly written proofs...including proofs that are not usually seen at this level. The contents are appealing."
-Pierre Grillet, Tulane University

-"Panik's goal is to make the book very accessible, and in this goal he succeeds. His exposition is quite clear and I found ti quite easy to follow his many examples."
-MAA REVIEWS

Book Description

Clearly explains concepts and stategies in mathematical statistics

Product Details

• Hardcover: 824 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press; 1 edition (October 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0120884941
• ISBN-13: 978-0120884940
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,241,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good introduction to mathematical statistics, April 10, 2006

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Darin Brezeale (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced Statistics from an Elementary Point of View (Hardcover)

I purchased this book to supplement the textbook (Introduction to Probability and Mathematical Statistics, Bain & EngelHardt) used in a mathematical statistics course. Panik's book provides theory, but it also spends a lot of time explaining what the theory actually means. At times he also provides a list of observations about the topic discussed in that section. There are more topics covered than what I have seen in undergraduate mathematical statistics books, but not always in the depth (i.e., difficulty) presented in Bain & EngelHardt. If your understanding of statistics is at the level discussed in Statistical Inference (Casella & Berger), then you will find Panik's book to be too wordy. In order of difficulty, from easiest to hardest, I would rank these three books as Panik, Bain & EngelHardt, and Casella & Berger.