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Engineering Economy (9th Edition)

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Only took one shot of .45ACP to go from cover to cover once the course was over. Weak.

I've had my share of bad text books, but this one is definitely in the top 2 worst of my college books. To start, the book doesn't really teach anything. It's completely up to you to learn on your own what this book so terribly fails at trying to teach. How am I supposed to learn how to do the math when the chapters are filled with words describing (badly) the circumstances you would use the method (which I'm still really confused about) instead of actually showing how to use it? There are a few examples per chapter, but they are terribly laid out and the problem solving isn't really easy to follow at all. You cannot do the homework problems given the examples (the examples they do are much easier than the HW problems) and mind-numbingly boring array of words preceding them. The only thing this book has taught me about economics is not to waste my money on textbooks again without an in-depth look at what other students say about it. DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK. DO NOT MAKE YOUR STUDENTS BUY THIS BOOK. It has caused me nothing but frustration in this class... a class which shouldn't be difficult or frustrating in the first place.

If you want to be able to practically solve engineering economic problems, this book is not for you. If you want to be put to sleep reading after a few pages, this is the one. It is really disappointing that this book was selected for an engineering course. You are left on your own to figure out how to learn most concepts and be able to solve the problems. HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!!!

This book has errors page after page. Poor examples and no answers in the back to see if you can follow the dribble typed out before the practice problems.

Don't purchase. I've used it in two class at two different schools and I still say it is weak!

This text is largely a mass of theoretical discussion with very few example problems to illustrate concepts. A large percentage of the problems that are used as examples are hard to follow, and others have obvious typos. Language is too formal and, at times, condescending. This text was required for an undergraduate course in Engineering Economics. My understanding is that this is the first year it was used at my college and, due to large number of complaints, will be the last.