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Basic Statistical Analysis

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As a business magazine editor I find we frequently have to evaluate statistical material. My writers are not uniformly prepared in statistical analysis. They don't have to be. Basic Statistical Analysis (8th Edition) is more than a textbook. We use Dr. Sprinthall's book as our interpreter. We find it authoritative but more importantly, accessible. The author is an effective communicator who allows us to understand the techniques we need without the eye glazing numbness of having to enter a world of baffling jargon, impenetrable examples, and little Greek letters lying on their sides waiting to bite us. I am glad we came upon his works.

By the way, you definitely DO NOT need to be a math major to understand what Sprinthall's up to in this book. I recommend this edition of Statistical Analysis particularly to business and political writers along with every newsroom in the world. Anyone who is wrestling with assertions which are purported to be "proven" by an accompanying body of statistiical "evidence" should have this book on their shelves. Think of it as self-defense.

This book is great! It breaks down statistics step by step. I highly reccomend it

This is a great textbook for those who do not really understand statistics, but want to learn. It is easy to read and follow along with.

I am a PhD student and, of course - my bad luck, statistics courses are required - on which one's dissertation and research should be based.

I dreaded the course, dreaded having to open the textbook to begin, and when I finally did - the first page got me laughing to where I had to read some of the author's notes to my husband, who also got to cackling right along with me.

I have to say - this is one of the most concisely written, easy to understand, and lay person written math based textbooks I've ever encountered. My statistics course was changed at the last minute into an asynchronous course, and that pretty much meant most of the learning is on one's own shoulders.

This is possible with this textbook. Where there are a few little typos and burbs in the textbook, otherwise - the definitions are clear, the anecdotes make the content understandable, and even though I spend hours laboring over the math, the textbook has helped me 'teach myself' the content.

This is one textbook I will end up KEEPING versus reselling!

At last a math text written in plain English! Unlike other text books that I used, this book does not skip the intermediate steps leaving the reader confused. Makes analysis of variance look simple. I recommend this for social science and education majors.

I don't know if my opinion of this book would've been the same if it weren't for my stats professor who taught the class, but even when I was left on my own to read and do problems on my own out of the book, I still managed to understand it a bit. I needed help interpreting some stats lingo, but I struggle with everything that has to do with math, so you may still do well with this book. I've taken quite a few math classes in my time throughout high school and college, and this was a good book to learn from. :)

This book helped me to get through statistics! It is well written, easier to understand than most texts and overall great! I kept it for future reference.

A week after I bought the book it started falling apart. The book was in a shoddy condition but the vendors did not specify that in their description of the book. I feel that my money went down the drain. The book was highly overpriced.

Easy to read but is not a book for non math students. If you don't desire to have a good foundation behind the mathematics and just want formulas with examples, this book is for you.

I have received the workbook, but cannot seem to get a status on where this or others in this order are...the Amazon.com website tracking no longer shows this order in the tracking and the seller has failed to respond. School starts next week and I need my book! If the seller or Amazon customer service sees this review, please contact me immeadiately!!!