BSTAT2 (with Review Cards and CourseMate Printed Access Card) (New, Engaging Titles from 4LTR Press)

Good book

It's aesthetically pleasing. That's about it. At first glance, it looks like a nice book to read, which it is. But to understand the material, you would need another book. This book has poor explanations and examples. The key terms it tells you that you need to know aren't defined thoroughly and IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A GLOSSARY FOR THE TERMS. Even the online access for the CourseMate study tools isn't that helpful. I wouldn't recommend this book at all for learning statistics. It only looks nice to read, but it doesn't get into depth with what you need to know.

THANK YOU!!! PERFECT!!!

Honestly, this is the worst textbook I have used in my entire academic career. The examples in each chapter are extremely limited and do not cover the all of the material you will be questioned on. This problem is magnified to infuriating levels when there are no step-by-step examples or explained answers in the back of the book, so if you happened to be human and make a mistake, good luck finding out why. While the material is lacking, the layout is even worse. This is supposed to be a college textbook, not an imitation of People magazine. Each page is cluttered with blown up pictures and needless graphics, while important formulas are written in plain text and tucked away in the page corners. If the book doesn't give you a laugh, then I guarantee you the online portion will. I decided to register my book to see if there would be any resources to help me with the homework problems. I register, look up the assigned chapter, and what do I find? Digital note cards. No formulas. No practice problems. No explained answers. Just four, lousy note cards with mindless vocabulary that you will already know after reading through the chapter several times to find something useful. The sad part is I have already aced a college level statistics class, but need to retake it since the credits didn't transfer out of state. The textbook we used in that class was printed in the 90's, and stands leagues above this pathetic excuse for instructional material. If I had not taken stats prior, I guarantee you I would not have the slightest clue as to what is being discussed in this textbook; it is THAT poorly written. I am writing this review because of how infuriating it is to review for a test on material I ALREADY KNOW, so unless you have already taken statistics and feel ready to take the final, demand your professor to change textbooks. I feel sorry for the poor souls that actually have to use this bottom-shelf magazine for their first statistics class. God help you.

Thank u so much

The explanations in this book are not very detailed. I borrowed a coworker's book to get me through this class.

This is the worst textbook I have ever used. The second worst is the first edition of this book. I am sad for you if you were assigned this for a class. Buy another book to learn if you are not able to avoid purchasing this nonsense.

This textbook is poorly organized and written. It often had examples in excel that did not work. I found Google to be more useful than this textbook when studying for my statistics course. If the homework assignments hadn't been problems in the book, it would have been completely useless.