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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
EXCELLENT text
I'm one of those poor souls who had the 'new math' sprung on them in 4th grade (when it was decided we all had to learn Base 2 and get to the Moon) and from then on I was TOTALLY out of the loop in math. Something didn't 'click' and no teacher caught it. I was in the group that a news story said "was ruined for math by the New Math".
Unfortunately, my...
Published 17 months ago by K. York
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Just an ordinary accounting book
The book is overall quite good as an introductory text for accounting, but there are other books out there, equally good, that come a lot cheaper.
Published on October 3, 1999
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Just an ordinary accounting book, October 3, 1999
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The book is overall quite good as an introductory text for accounting, but there are other books out there, equally good, that come a lot cheaper.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Beware, June 22, 2007
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)
If this book is required for your class beware! There are still questions in the self study questions, through out the book that after 6 editions are still are wrong. The book will say one thing in the chapter and then want you to do another in the chapter questions, without the benifit of telling you how or giving an example. I took my course online without the benifit of an instructor to ask questions face to face. This proved to be difficult. I am sure if you have a GOOD understanding of accounting this is a good book however with out a little background it can be a little trying.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Accounting made easy!, June 11, 2009
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)
This book is remarkably easy to read and fairly easy to understand. There are many examples and practice questions with answers in the front of the book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
EXCELLENT text, April 15, 2009
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)
I'm one of those poor souls who had the 'new math' sprung on them in 4th grade (when it was decided we all had to learn Base 2 and get to the Moon) and from then on I was TOTALLY out of the loop in math. Something didn't 'click' and no teacher caught it. I was in the group that a news story said "was ruined for math by the New Math".
Unfortunately, my Master's degree includes managerial accounting. I had to drop that class after one session. Nothing made sense.
This book to the rescue! As an instructor (not in acctng!), I can tell you it is set up very well. Each concept is taught in little 'bites' and I am able to understand each as I go. I did see a review, here, that said the book was a piece of junk. Even though I have a VERY good instructor in this class, I don't think that's why the book seems so good. As I work in it during the week, it stands on its own very well.
I especially appreciate the examples and explanations. We follow a very down-to-earth company through the processes to run a business and keep the books. Nice.
Although financial accounting is different from the managerial I must take, I now have the 'basics'. The authors took a LOT of extra time to make it work.
Our instructor supplies the PPT presentations (provided with the instructor's copy, I assume) for our use, and they are great to print and take notes on. They are also very helpful if you can use your notes during the exams.
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Just what i needed, August 23, 2010
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)
It was just what i needed and it was shipped the next day, i got it in a week. Would recommend seller. :)
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Happy with my decision to go for a used book, June 9, 2010
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)
I am pleased with my recent purchase of this used book. Book was in perfect condition and I am glad that I chose this over a new book and saved some money.
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Frustrating book, December 9, 2009
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)
The problem with this text is that it shows you bits and pieces, but never really shows you a full example to put the concepts of the chapter together. There were questions that had nothing to do with what was taught and even a few that required answers that didn't refer to anything learned. I consider myself a good student and one that can pick something up fairly easily, but this book really pushed my limits. If you're taking an online course and need this book, I'd reconsider if I were you.
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Pleased with Purchase, September 16, 2009
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)
I am very pleased with my purchase. The book came on time in the condition stated and is very easy to read.
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Worthless, May 21, 2008
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Information for Decisions (Hardcover)
Terrible book for instruction. No clear process throughout the text book, and it jumps around from topic to topic.
Should be re-written with a clearer message in the beginning and better organized lesson plans. Perhaps this is just accounting though in general. It would benefit the editors/authors to read a "Fundamentals of Managment" book. Perhaps this would help them organize the information better in this book. Good luck to anyone that buys it though...
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A starting book, July 4, 2007
If you have been out of accounting for a while or starting from scratch it is a good book to start with. Of course the main focus is of getting an overview for the balanced sheet, income statement and cash flow. For someone who is starting in accounting the section F2 gives an inside for financial interpretation and another good point is a lot of cases and calculation examples are included in this revision. But if you are looking for a more deeper insight than this book will only help you the half way to get their.
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