Elements of Statistical Reasoning

by Edward W. Minium, Robert Clarke, Robert C. Clarke, et al.

Book Overview

This carefully paced text presents fundamental material for the first course in statistics without sacrificing clarity or depth of understanding. Relates statistical theory to the realities of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471192775
• ISBN13: 9780471192770
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.2"

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Outstanding intro to basic stats

I thought this was an outstanding intro to basic stats - it does a great job presenting the intuition behind most of the important basic concepts in stats, and I also loved the articulate and flowing style of the text. Very light on math, too, so a great text for those less quantitatively inclined souls out there who would still like to get a solid grasp of basic stats. One great addition to the book would be a list of websites that have interactive stats demos, which I think are a great tool to help better understanding and to develop intuition. (One such site is explorelearning.com, which has pretty decent demos on several of the main concepts, but in general you can google [the concept you're looking for]+demo to get more demos (some better than others) on specific concepts). On second thought, this may be not a very realistic suggestion considering how often new websites pop up and old ones go dead, but I thought I'd throw it out there anyway.

Presents Statistics Conceptually

This is by far the best introductory text to statistics for students in the behavioral sciences I have come across. The conceptual layout makes this textbook especially engaging. Unlike most statistics textbooks this one presents more difficult concepts in a step-by-step manner, which allows for better understanding.The authors have done a superb job of explaining the logic behind the statistical procedures. This is important, for without this understanding one will likely misapply statistics and/or misread statistics. In short, here one finds not only an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics for behavioral scientists, but also a text that will give the reader a firm grounding in the logic behind statistics.

Well done!

As I read this book three things became apparent: one, the authors know their subject inside and out; second, they understand their beginning audience; last and most importantly they know how to teach. I strongly recommend this well written book to anyone needing to learn stats.