Statistics (9th Edition) [Hardcover]

James T. McClave (Author), Terry L. Sincich (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 11, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0130655988 | ISBN-13: 978-0130655981 | Edition: 9

For courses in Statistics. This introduction to statistics presents balanced coverage of both the theory and application of statistics and at the same time helps students develop and enhance their critical thinking skills. It shows students how to analyze data that appear in situations in the world around them and features an abundance of examples and exercises--nearly all based on current, real-world applications pulled from journals, magazines, news articles, and commerce.

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This book presents balanced coverage of the theory and application of statistics while enhancing students' critical thinking skills. It teaches students how to analyze data that appear in situations in the world around them--almost all of the examples and exercises are based on current, real-world applications pulled from journals, magazines, news articles, and commerce. This text shows students that knowledge of statistics is important to their own lives. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Satistics is now accompanied by a suite of new technology resources designed to enhance the instruction and comprehension of introductory statistics course material.

New supplements include:

• Technology Companion Manuals. Available free when packaged to the text, each spiral-bound manual works seamlessly with the text. Step-by-step keystroke level instructions and screen captures for the TI-83, MINITAB, and Excel provide detailed instructions showing students how to work pertinent exercises.
• McClaveTutor 5.0. McClaveTutor is a web-based statistics tutorial and testing program that is tied specifically to the McClave/Sincich, Statistics, 9e text. Students are invited to practice an unlimited number of problems that correlate to text examples. Step-by-step guidance, video explanations, and assessment options are also provided. Available online in student and instructor versions.
• Course Management Options. Instructors wishing to enhance their course with an interactive on-line component may choose from text-specific WebCT, Blackboard, or CourseCompass sites. Each site features course-compatible content, the student solutions manual, assessment options, lecture content, and new web-based statistical applets (STATLETST^™ by StatPoint, LLC) that are designed specifically for McClave/Sincich, Statistics, 9e.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 850 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 9 edition (February 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130655988
• ISBN-13: 978-0130655981
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #510,928 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars i taught out of an earlier edition of this book, February 22, 2008

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Michael R. Chernick "statman31147" (Holland PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Statistics for Business & Economics (10th Edition) (Hardcover)

The fact that this book is in its tenth edition is an indication of its popularity. Many years ago I taught courses in business statistics at the advanced undergraduate and first year graduate level in the business school at Cal State Fullerton. I found it to be an excellent text to teach out of at that time. Since many editions have occurred since then and Terry is a third authored introduced in editions after the one I taught out of I really can't give a review of this edition. But I do think it will be helpful to amazon readers to know that McClave and Benson have a very good track record as authors of business statistics texts and Terry Sinich has coauthored a number of successful introductory and intermediate level statistics books. I am confident that this book is well written and has kept up with the advances in time series analysis that affects typical business related statistical problems.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, bad publishing, April 16, 2008

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Greg Wiszkowitz (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistics for Business & Economics (10th Edition) (Hardcover)

I taught out of the 9th edition of this book and I liked it a lot. This is the perfect book for a second course in "methods statistics", i.e. a book about how to do the calculations, when to do them, and what they mean. There are no proofs or derivations, just recipes, but supplied with a lot of worked out examples, and an excellent discussions of when what methods are appropriate.

My gripe with the 10th edition is that the last two chapters, Time Series, and Non-parametric Statistics, are not printed on paper, but only available on the supplied student CD. These are two of the chapters that I teach, and I find it unacceptable that the students will not have these chapters in the book, but will have to look at them on the screen. Or, if they decide to print them out, our department budget for printing and copying will be bancrupted. The publisher's explanation was that this was done "to save printing costs". Yet, the new edition is not any cheaper than the previous one!

Reluctantly, I am switching to an inferior text by a different publisher, just because it has all its chapters printed.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent text for Advanced Placement statistics course, July 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Statistics (Hardcover)

I was a member of the text selection committee that chose this book for our school division's advanced placement statistics course. It was a wise decision. The text is filled with contemporary examples that grab a student's attention. It is particularly good at using technology both in the exercises and in the discussion. My students were very comfortable with the reading level, and DID READ the text! I especially liked the project suggestions at the end of each chapter. The text's one weakness is the discussion and placement of the linear regression material. I needed a simpler approach and to do it much earlier in the course (after chapter 2). I had to supplement with material from other sources. However, this is a rather minor complaint compared to the text's many other strengths.