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| View Larger Image | Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences (with Student Suite Online)
by Jay L. Devore
| | List Price: | $185.95 |  | | 7 New starting at: | $161.00 | | 78 Used starting at: | $105.00 | | | | | Sales Rank: | 7399 | | Studio: | Duxbury Press | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 736 | | Publication Date: | January 26, 2007 | | Publisher: | Duxbury Press |
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Product Description
This comprehensive introduction to probability and statistics will give you the solid grounding you need no matter what your engineering specialty. Through the use of lively and realistic examples, the author helps you go beyond simply learning about statistics to actually putting the statistical methods to use. Rather than focus on rigorous mathematical development and potentially overwhelming derivations, the book emphasizes concepts, models, methodology, and applications that facilitate your understanding. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 2.5 based on 34 reviews)
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Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences (with Student Suite Online) 
This is, by far, the worst textbook that I have ever had.
It is written for the author's colleagues, not for students.
If there is a clear and concise way of explaining a concept, DeVore will do the opposite. Examples in the text of each chapter are re-workings of poorly explained definitions. The exercises at the end of each chapter are completely disconnected from the examples in each chapter.
YOU WILL NOT LEARN FROM THIS BOOK. It is a reference book, good for those who are already very familiar with probability and statistics, not a textbook.
Also, I'm suspicious of professors who write new editions every four or five years. Why does the wheel have to be re-invented so often?$?$?
December 10, 2008 | |
Below Average 
It's alright. Some sections are very well explained, but others are done poorly. There are lots of exercises, but no solutions to them and the solution book was practically impossible to buy. The book's layout is good.
December 01, 2008 | |
Not for those trying to learn stat/prob while taking other classes
Too wordy. The book is written as though we all have the time to read everything cover to cover. For those juggling 12+ hours of senior year engineering classes and labs along with work, this obviously is not the best text for seriously learning probability and statistics quickly and effectively.
As a math tutor, it is books like this that make me cringe, as many students have trouble trying to refer to lengthy text when they try to resolve issues on their own. I see way too many students who end up resorting to tutors due to books written like this--not a good sign at all.
Devore would help all of us if he would put more things in clear point-form, have more summarized text, and save anecdotal examples for the example section. If you are assigned this textbook for your class, I highly recommend purchasing the student solution manual--that book is a lifesaver and will help you check your homework. I also recommend any supplemental books such as those by REA and Schaum's to help you better understand the material. Having a statistics tutor would also help if your teacher is not too hot at explaining stuff because you surely can't count on this book for much assistance! Good luck...
February 18, 2008 | |
difficult to understand = bad textbook
The author suck in explaining, everything in the book, from deffinition to example are difficult to understand. The words he used, the sentense structure don't make sense most of the time, 98%. Too bad my professor chose this textbook, I want to throw it away many time when reading it because things just don't make sense. An example, a section about stem-and-leaf display, I don't understand it at all, no matter how many time I read that section, I finally got it after reading a quick tutorial on the web for just a few minutes. I spent almost two hour trying to understand it from this book. Cra..zy.
January 20, 2008 | |
Badly Organized, examples pointless and only add to the confusion
One of the worst features of this textbook is organization. Expect some questions to ask you to flip back to a previous question requiring you to flip thru several pages for a single question. Would it have been so difficult to rewrite out a few numbers instead of See Problem #12.
Also question numbering is completely absurd, rather than going from 1-X they for some reason carry the X to the next section example chapter 1-1 would be problems 1-20, chapter 1-2 21-30... etc it only adds to the confusion of this worthless text.
Don't expect to learn anything from the textbook the examples are difficult to understand, and avoids any problems you would expect to see in your lifetime.
One of the greatest aspects of probably and statistics is being able to calculate odds in games. Such as probably of blackjack hands, dice rolling, this textbook manages to avoid everything that has to with things like that.
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