Introduction to Probability and Its Applications

by Richard L. Scheaffer

Book Overview

Introduction to Probability and its Applications provides a solid and straightforward one-semester introduction to probability, focusing on the subject's utility in solving real-world problems. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534237908
• ISBN13: 9780534237905
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Duxbury Resource Center
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Good explanations, but needs corrections and additions.

3.5/5 stars First off, this book does a very good job of explaining probability concepts. Examples are explained well enough and are presented in a step by step fashion so it's not particularly hard to follow along. You'll very rarely find huge paragraphs of text, which is great if you're an engineer but bad if you're a math major. I'm docking 1/2 star because this book sometimes doesn't give enough information about a concept and how it's useful/how can it be proved. The real reason why this book deserves 1 full star lost though is the exercises. The solutions in the back of the book are *terrible*. Not only are the "answers" incorrect, but in some cases the question would have 4 parts, but the answer would only have 3 parts. It's as though no one even bothered to cross check the questions and answers before putting this to print? I'd forgive them if this was 1 or 2 scattered problems, but it really ended up being every other problem with a mistake, in every chapter. It's extremely frustrating to take time trying to find a mistake you made, only to realize it's the book that made the mistake. So, in summary,this book is a good "intro" book...probably best suited for engineers. If you want a book that goes through long proofs of various formulas, look elsewhere.

well written

This was part of a school project for me.The book is well written and easy to follow. It has plenty of good examples and makes for a good self-study as well.