Review:this book and the math department at OU in general is over rated. they do not explain things very well, and they treat it as though they are the only school that has a math department. this coming from someone who is good at math and doing well. Read more

Review:Admittedly, I haven't read the apparent king "Introduction to Algorithms".

But Skienna's approach is very digestible. I really enjoyed the writing and the concentration on explaining the concepts instead of vomiting up a wall of greek symbols. I would have loved to actually have taken a class from this guy. Read more

Review:This book replaces one that somebody "borrowed" from me at work. I gave it 4 stars only because, being copyrighted in 1954, the examples are very outdated. But it's a great book that should be required reading for anyone who watches the TV news or reads the newspaper. Read more

Review:The textbook convey's the lessons well and has very good examples but sometime I get slightly lost when i see the order of the lessons. However that is because people learn at diffrent rate for some concept. This book is still very good for the individual who study's alone. Read more

Review:This was a fairly interesting book. From what I gather about Freakenomics (a book I have never read but heard much about) this book seems to try to be a sports take on that. I can say that it did bring some interesting points to me however I felt that in a lot of cases the information was far too broad in scope and some of the conclusions they seemed to bring about were not fully justified.

The main point that they bring home, quite successfully I might add, is that the best way to look a... Read more

Review:Definitely one of the better books out there on statistics, particularly for individuals that might otherwise be intimidated by the subject. Walks through examples of the various tests and figures of statistics using easy to understand examples. Not the typical dry textbook on statistics. Read more

Review:The book is funny and quite helpful - nice material for review purposes. BUT, its merely a supplement to formal statistics study. You must have some working knowledge of the basic concepts.
I recommend BUSINESS STATISTICS (By Ken Black). He explains the concepts quite extensively. This book coupled with the humor of the Cartoon Guide will make Statistics a little but more bearable (especially for non-math majors like me:) Read more

Review:Statistics is a hard subject in any textbook, I think Statistics for Dummies helped in advanced concepts, I would have been equally as pleased if the base concepts were dummied down just a little more. Dr. Rumsey should be commended on her ability to make a tough subject more understandable. Read more

Review:Once again, Dover comes across as the students best friend. Not only is their line of textbooks astoundingly cheaper, but they lose nothing in value. This text is no different. Not only does is get ideas and tough topics across with crisp, clear examples but their chapter breakdowns are excellent. Instead of filling your head with lots of extra theorems and corollaries this book pushes application and solid examples. Not only is it best for the engineer, but it's a great starting text. When I ne... Read more

Review:A lot of veiled homoerotic imagery, much of which today would be considered borderline pedophilia. Bogged down by repetitive illusions to the Greek ideals of beauty. Not on narrative par with Buddenbrooks or The Magic Mountain. Best suited for those who wish to say they've read all of Thomas Mann's work. Read more