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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life (2nd Edition)

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This textbook is well-conceived and well-executed. The authors have a strong background in science as well as a keen interest in making technical subjects accessible to a broad audience. They have succeeded in presenting statistics with a minimum of mathematics. Emphasis is placed upon the application of these concepts to real life situations taken from news sources, the internet and individual experiences. The graphics, sidebars, focus sections and case studies are timely, relevant, engaging, lucidly written and enlightening. A one-page epilog provides a nice summary statement to the entire textbook. A glossary, index, answer key , appendices and suggestions for further reading are also included.
This is an excellent textbook for a general education student whose career would not require the direct use of statistical tools. None of the usual tables are discussed or present in this textbook, but all of the main topics are treated in a thorough and thought-provoking fashion. The authors' discussion of correlation and causality is especially good, although their definition of causality in the glossary as " the relationship present when one variable is a cause of another " is circular. Instead, the authors should reiterate their assertion from the main text that a "cause" is a "physical mechanism" based upon a "physical model" which is generally acceptable as a scientific explanation.

I purchased this book for a distance learning course at Univ. of Phoenix, and found that while it gave lots of good information and was written in an easy to understand style, it lacked detailed explanation at time. Overall, though, if you have to study statistics, this is a perfectly decent textbook.

This textbook was a breath of fresh air when compared with other statistics textbooks required for university level classes. I found this text to be very easy to understand, and the examples used were very helpful.

Book was shipped in a timely manner and was exactly as expected. Will order again if the need arises in the future.

This is a fantastic book if you are taking a statistics class and it is a great book even if you're just a casual stats nerd. This text was required for a stats class I took and it really helped me get through the class with ease. The book provides clear and thorough explanations for statistical operations and definitions. The book even makes a mundane topic like stats seem interesting. The book also does a good job of demonstrating how statistics are applicable to everyday life (as the book title implies). The supplemental SPSS guide is a very good text as well. The SPSS guide is great for beginner users of the SPSS program and it contains instructions for more advanced calculations as well.

Didn't receive book in time for classes to start, then never received information weather it was cancelled like I had asked.

Whilst the book is a good and informative text i was very upset by the state of the book on arrival. The book looked like a second hand book with creases. Packaging needs to be done better.