Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98879 in Books
• Published on: 1997-01-16
• Binding: Paperback
• 672 pages

Synopsis
This is an excellent new text, which meets the A-level requirements of Statistics as a subject in its own right and as a part of Mathematics. It is also a very thorough introduction to the subject for students in higher education who need a grounding in Statistics related to other disciplines. The book is written in a friendly style, with lively text, interesting contexts, and potted biographies of significant mathematicians. It includes a huge number of worked examples and exercises, and over 80 projects, which give students the confidence to put theory into practice.

Customer Reviews

USEFUL!
The biggest problem with statistics - at lease from my point of view - is the notations and the format. This books assume that we're all stat-idiots and explains everything from scratch, which is just what you need if you've never done GCSE or A-Level statistics. Upton and Cook might sound a bit patronizing at times, but if you're reading A-level textbooks to keep up in university, like I am, then it's time to put down your pride. I'd say that this book is a perfect compliment for university level statistic textbooks like Newbold's. It actually speaks in human language.
The only problem: it's boring.
But come on people, what do you expect? It's a TEXTBOOK and statistics, as useful as it is, IS BORING.

what a relief to find this book
I recently had to learn and teach A level statistics from books. I owned 7 or 8 different stats books, which I struggled with and cross-referenced endlessly. It was a fantastic day when I found UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS. The explanations were significantly easier to follow than all the other books I had encountered, while still containing lots of technical details in the footnotes. There are also interesting historical details about the statisticians who developed the techniques being discussed, practical examples, ideas for experiments, and a very good bank of questions (also the answers appear to be reliable).
Whenever anyone asks me anything statistical, I always turn to this book first.
Make sure you look at the UK map smiley face graph.