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I am not an educator but I am someone who used to be an instructor of statistics in a junior college. As a current corporate human resources director, I cannot stress the importance of statistics in the business world.

Many years ago, I became enthralled with the teaching of Edwards Deming. I searched high and low for material that would enhance my ability to apply statistics to the manufacturing world. After a attending numerous train the trainer sessions and buying every book I could find on stats, I soon became a recognized leader in the world of statistical process control which later became known as continual improvement. Indeed, it was this skill that I believe led to numerous promotions in the corporate world.

For the student, let me say this. Proving the value of your contributions to an organization or the value of your own efforts within that organization is most easily and readily achieved by statistics. Learn it, own it and excel in it.

The book offered on the Amazon page I found to be one of the very best on statistics and the nuances thereof. I highly recommend this book and give it 5 stars. Michael L. Gooch, SPHR Author of Wingtips with Spurs

I notice that most of the reviews for Moore's THE BASIC PRACTICE OF STATISTICS have been written by students. I found these reviews insightful to read. My students (like the ones who composed the reviews) are not math majors and do NOT want to enroll in a statistics course.

Being sensitive to that fact, I spent a great deal of time selecting a statistic text. I had several concerns which directed me toward adopting Moore's text:

1. Oftentimes, one can find typos in textbooks. This isn't a major problem, but if there is a typo in a formula, the problems for students are enormous! If the professor is from the math or statistics department, he/she can quickly catch the error and explain it to the students. If the professor is from the social sciences, he/she is less likely to catch the error. I've actually found errors in statistics textbooks. These critical errors usually can be found in books which are written by social scientists (someone like me). Thus, I've concluded that stat books written by statisticians are less apt to have typos than stat books written by social scientists. Moore is a statistician with a considerable reputation.

2. I needed a book with excellent graphic illustrations. A good graphic will help a student understand a complex statistical concept better than the written word. Moore's text is filled with great graphics that explain complex concepts. Page 347 is a great example and has produced an epiphany for several students.

3. I needed an introductory book that included information on control charts. Moore offers this. Frankly, I haven't found another intro stat book that does this.

I've reviewed a large number of statistic textbooks. In my estimation, Moore offers the best book for non math majors.

For more reading about the use of THE BASIC PRACTICE OF STATISTICS, check out volume 27 issues 3-4, 2007, pages 199-213 of THE JOURNAL OF TEACHING IN SOCIAL WORK.

The content is this book is awful. This book is for a low level statistics class and fails at teaching even the basic concepts. If you want to learn math with words instead of numbers and symbols this is the book for you. I would not recommend this book to anyone. A better buy is Mathematical Statistics with Applications Sixth Edition Wackerly, Mendenhall, Scheaffer. I had that book for my MATH 483 class and it was a breeze. Can you believe it I actually enjoyed my statistics class!

This book is pretty well organized in terms of content. It also works especially well when used with the study guide you can purchase as a supplement.

I recently purchased this book for an undergraduate class I am taking (Statistics). I was very pleased when my shipment arrived on time and in EXCELLENT condition. I would definitely purchase from this book seller and amazon.com again! Great products, great sellers, and even greater prices! What more can a girl ask for?!

I recently purchased this book for an undergraduate class I am taking (Statistics). I was very pleased when my shipment arrived on time and in EXCELLENT condition. I would definitely purchase from this book seller and amazon.com again! Great products, great sellers, and even greater prices! What more can a girl ask for?!

This book was fast getting to me and in wonderful condition. I couldn't even tell it was used. Would definitaly order from them again. Thanks!

I find this textbook to be a little expensive, but im guessing thats normal for these kinds of textbooks. Its a pretty good textbook with ALOT of sample problems and practice problems that helps (as long as you do them) I find that there are more practice problems/examples than explanations, so i sometimes refer to wikipedia/google for definitions, since i find that some terms/ideas/concepts arent explained that well.

They have some nice pictures, and good sample problems. I find the data they use for examples and sample problems to be very interesting. From sports stats, medical stats, population stats, pop culture stats...theres an interesting variety of sample data they give.

It might just be me, but im actually enjoying stats.

I will never order from them again. I needed to return a book and sent emails to the store asking what the retun policy was, but never received a reply. After retuning the book, they slapped on a $15.00 restocking fee. I will never order from CollegeCorner again.

About as good as you will get with a statistics book. Statistics is not an easy class especially if you are not mathematically inclined. Be prepared to study and please work thru the problems in the book or you will have a hard time passing the class. I know this review was intended for the book and not the class but there's not much to say for it especially if your teacher chose it. You will need it regardless.

Statistics turns out to be much tougher than I originally expected. This book is ok, but I wish there were more examples to study from. Other than that, it's alright.

Statistics turns out to be much tougher than I originally expected. This book is ok, but I wish there were more examples to study from. Other than that, it's alright.