Statistics Textbook Reviews
This page contains a partial list of recent reviews of textbooks used in two typical undergraduate courses: Introductory Statistics and Mathematical Statistics. If there are other reviews that ought to be included in our lists, please send the relevant information to Ann Cannon.
Introduction to the Practice of Statistics; Moore and McCabe
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Ziegel, Eric R. (1994),
Review of ``Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (Second
edition)'' by D. S.
Moore and G. P. McCabe,
Technometrics, 36, 124-125.
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Huberty, Carl J. (1991),
Review of ``Introduction to the Practice of Statistics'' by D. S.
Moore and G. P. McCabe,
Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 16, 77-81.
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Arnold, Harvey J. (1990),
Review of ``Introduction to the Practice of Statistics'' by D. S.
Moore and G. P. McCabe,
Technometrics, 32, 347-348.
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Calinski, T. (1990), Review of ``Introduction to the Practice of
Statistics'' by D. S. Moore and G. P. McCabe,
Biometrics, 46, 884-885.
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Guthrie, Donald (1990),
Review of ``Introduction to the Practice of Statistics'' by D. S.
Moore and G. P. McCabe,
Journal of the American Statistical Association, 85, 262-263.
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The Basic Practice of Statistics; Moore
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Moore, Leslie M. (1996),
Review of ``The Basic Practice of Statistics'' by David S. Moore,
Technometrics, 38, 404-405.
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Simon, Gary (1996),
Review of ``The Basic Practice of Statistics'' by David S. Moore, The
American Statistician, 50, 277.
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Statistics; Freedman, Pisani, Purves and Adhikari
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Lohr, Sharon (1994),
Review of ``Statistics (Second edition)'' by D. Freedman, R. Pisani,
R. Purves, and A. Adhikari,
Technometrics, 36, 119-120.
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Rees, D. G. (1993),
Review of ``Statistics (Second edition)'' by D. Freedman, R. Pisani,
R. Purves, and A. Adhikari,
Statistician, 42, 74-75.
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Understandable Statistics; Brase and Brase
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Low, Elizabeth (1998),
Review of ``Understandable Statistics'' by Charles H. Brase and
Corrinne P. Brase, American Statistician, 52,198.
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Statistics: A First Course; Freund and Simon
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Short, Thomas (1996),
Review of ``Statistics: A First Course'' by John E. Freund and Gary
A. Simon, The American Statistician, 50, 278.
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Statistics: Principles and Methods; Johnson and Bhattacharyya
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Malone, Linda C. (1997), Review of ``Statistics: Principles and
methods (Third edition)'' by R. A. Johnson and G. K. Bhattacharyya,
American Statistician, 51, 94.
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Morris, Pamela (1994),
Review of ``Statistics: Principles and methods (Second edition)'' by
R. A. Johnson and G. K. Bhattacharyya,
Statistician, 43, 214.
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Introductory Statistics; Wonnacott and Wonnacott
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Rangecroft, Margaret (1992),
Review of ``Introductory statistics (Fifth edition)'' by T. H.
Wonnacott and R. J. Wonnacott,
Teaching Statistics, 14/3, 31-32.
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The New Statistical Analysis of Data; Anderson
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Nelson, Paul I. (1997), Review of ``The New Statistical Analysis of Data'' by
T. W. Anderson, The Journal of the American Statistical Association,
92, 795-796.
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Nelson, Lloyd S. (1996),
Review of ``The New Statistical Analysis of Data'' by
T. W. Anderson, The Journal of Quality Technology, 28, 485-487.
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Introductory Statistics; Ross
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Chou, Youn-Min (1997), Review of "Introductory Statistics" by Sheldon
Ross, American Statistician, 51, 95.
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A Data-Based Approach to Statistics; Iman
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Grice, John V. (1996),
Review of ``A data-based approach to statistics'' by Ronald
L. Iman, Technometrics, 38, 405.
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Statistics: Learning in the Presence of Variation; Wardrop
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Brill, Bob (1996)
Review of "Statistics: Learning in the Presence of Variation" by
Wardrop, Technometrics, 38, 405-406.
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Rossman, Allan (1995),
Review of "Statistics: Learning in the Presence of Variation" by
Wardrop, American Statistician, 49, 237-238.
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Statistical Methods; Freund and Wilson
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Barrett, Linda (1997), Review of ``Statistical methods (Revised
Edition)'' by Rudolf J. Freund and William J. Wilson, American
Statistician, 51, 296.
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Kasparke, Linda (1994),
Review of ``Statistical methods'' by Rudolf J. Freund and William J. Wilson,
American Statistician, 48, 59.
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Wisniewski, Mik (1994),
Review of ``Statistical methods'' by Rudolf J. Freund and William J. Wilson,
Statistician, 43, 209.
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Wong, Aldous (1994),
Review of ``Statistical methods'' by Rudolf J. Freund and William J. Wilson,
Technometrics, 36, 222.
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Statistics and Data Analysis: An Introduction; Siegel and Morgan
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Hoeting, Jennifer (1997), Review of ``Statistics and data analysis
(Second edition)'' by Andrew F. Siegel and Charles J. Morgan, American
Statistician, 51, 93-94.
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Melander, Todd (1996),
Review of ``Statistics and data analysis (Second edition)'' by Andrew
F. Siegel and Charles J. Morgan, Journal of Quality Technology,
28,374-375.
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An Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis; Ott
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Ziegel, Eric R. (1994),
Review of ``An introduction to statistical methods and data analysis
(Fourth edition)'' by R. Lyman Ott, Technometrics, 36, 332.
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Statistics: The Conceptual Approach; Iversen and Gergen
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Wilson, William, J. (1998) Review of "Statistics: The Conceptual
Approach" by Gudmund R. Iversen and Mary Gergen, Technometrics, 40,
77.
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Introductory Statistics; Mann
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Copeland, Karen A. F. (1995),
Review of ``Introductory statistics (Second edition)'' by Prem
S. Mann, Journal of Quality Technology, 27, 390-391.
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Statistics: Concepts and Controversies; Moore
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Wooff, David (1993),
Review of ``Statistics: Concepts and controversies (Third edition)''
by David S. Moore,
Statistician, 42, 202-203.
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Rouncefield, Mary (1992),
Review of ``Statistics concepts and controversies (Third edition)'' by
David S. Moore,
Teaching Statistics, 14/1, 31.
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Data Analysis: An Introduction; Witmer
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Chen, Hanfeng (1994),
Review of ``Data analysis: An introduction'' by Jeffrey A. Witmer,
Technometrics, 36, 427.
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Dobler, Carolyn Pillers (1993),
Review of ``Data analysis: An introduction'' by Jeffrey A. Witmer,
American Statistician, 47, 309-310.
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An Introduction to Mathematical Statistics and its Application; Larsen
and Marx
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Kotlovker, Debbi L. (1992),
Review of ``Statistics'' by Richard J. Larsen and Morris L. Marx,
Technometrics, 34, 245.
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Mathematical Statistics with Applications; Mendenhall, Wackerly and
Sheaffer
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Mikosch, Thomas (1993),
Review of ``Mathematical statistics with applications (Fourth
edition)'' by W.
Mendenhall, D. D. Wackerly, and R. L. Scheaffer,
Statistics, 24, 291.
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Loukas, S. (1992),
Review of ``Mathematical statistics with applications (Fourth
edition)'' by W.
Mendenhall, D. D. Wackerly, and R. L. Scheaffer,
Biometrics, 48, 977.
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Toutenburg, H. (1992),
Review of ``Mathematical statistics with applications (Fourth
edition)'' by W.
Mendenhall, D. D. Wackerly, and R. L. Scheaffer,
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 13, 109.
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Young, Karen (1992),
Review of ``Mathematical statistics with applications'' by W.
Mendenhall, D. D. Wackerly, and R. L. Scheaffer,
Applied Statistics, 41, 433.
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Statistics: Theory and Methods; Berry and Lindgren
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Koehn, Uwe (1997) Review of ``Statistics: Theory and methods (Second
edition)'' by D. A. Berry and B. W. Lindgren, American Statistician,
51, 295.
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Harper, William V. (1991),
Review of ``Statistics: Theory and methods'' by D. A. Berry and B. W. Lindgren,
Technometrics, 33, 369- 370.
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Fang, J. Q. (1990),
Review of ``Statistics: Theory and methods'' by D. A. Berry and B. W. Lindgren,
Biometrics, 46, 1236-1237.
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Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis; Rice
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Ziegel, Eric R. (1995), Review of ``Mathematical statistics and data
analysis (Second edition)'' by John Rice, Tecnometrics, 37, 127.
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Introduction to Probability and Statistics; Giri
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Garthwaite, Paul (1994),
Review of ``Introduction to probability and statistics (Second
edition)'' by Narayan C. Giri,
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 157, 504.
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Prvan, Tania (1994)
Review of ``Introduction to probability and statistics (Second
edition)'' by Narayan C. Giri,
Australian Journal of Statistics, 36, 385.
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Wehrly, Thomas E. (1994),
Review of ``Introduction to probability and statistics (Second
edition)'' by Narayan C. Giri,
Journal of the American Statistical Association, 89, 1567.
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Activity-Based Statistics; Scheaffer, Gnanadesikan, Watkins, and Witmer
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Peck, Roxy L. (1997) Review of "Activity-Based Statistics" by Richard
L. Scheaffer, Mrudulla Gnanadesikan, Ann Watkins, and Jeffrey
A. Witmer, American Statistician, 51, 208-209.
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Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data; Rossman
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Cryer, Jonathan D. (1997), Review of "Workshop Statistics: Discovery
with Data" by Allan Rossman, American Statistician, 51, 95-96.
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Mulekar, Madhuri S. (1997), Review of "Workshop Statistics: Discovery
with Data" by Allan Rossman, Technometrics, 39, 235-236.
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Garfield, Joan (1996), Review of "Workshop Statistics: Discovery
with Data" by Allan Rossman, The Statistics Teacher Network, Spring 1996.
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Elementary Statistics Laboratory Manual; Spurrier, Edwards, and
Thombs
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Magoun, A. Dale (1996) Review of "Elementary Statistics Laboratory
Manual" by John D. Spurrier, Don Edwards, and Lori A. Thombs,
Technometrics, 38, 190.
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An Introduction to Regression Graphics; Cook and Weisberg
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Fox, John D. (1996), Review of ``An introduction to regression
graphics'' by Dennis R. Cook and Sanford Weisberg, Chance, 9/1, 53-55.
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Hurley, Catherine B. (1996), Review of ``An introduction to regression
graphics'' by Dennis R. Cook and Sanford Weisberg, Statistics and
Computing, 6, 181-183.
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Kemp, C. D. (1996), Review of ``An introduction to regression
graphics'' by Dennis R. Cook and Sanford Weisberg, Biometrics, 52,
776-777.
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Knapp, Frank (1996), Review of ``An introduction to regression
graphics'' by Dennis R. Cook and Sanford Weisberg, Allgemeines
Statistisches Archiv, 80, 262-263.
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A Casebook for a First Course in Statistics and Data Analysis;
Chatterjee, Handcock, and Simonoff
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Agresti, Alan (1996), Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and
J.S. Simonoff, American Statistician, 50, 95-96.
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Hassler, Uwe (1996) Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and
J.S. Simonoff, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 23,
201-202.
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Hayden, Robert W. (1996),
Review of two collections of data for use in a first course in
statistics, American Statistician, 50, 168-169.
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Kahn, Michael (1996), Telegraphic Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by Samprit Chatterjee, Mark S. Handcock, and
Jeffrey S. Simonoff, IMS Bulletin, 25, 544.
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Kemp, A.W. (1996), Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and
J.S. Simonoff and "Case Studies in Biometry" by N. Lange, L. Ryan,
L. Billiard, D. Brillinger, L. Conquest, and J. Greenhouse (editors),
Biometrics, 52, 373-376.
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Moorthy, Uma (1996) Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and
J.S. Simonoff, The Statistician, 45, 265.
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Oldford, R. W. (1996) Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and
J.S. Simonoff, Short Book Reviews, 16, 23.
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Snell, J. Laurie (1996), Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and
J.S. Simonoff, Chance News 5.11.
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Stephenson, Paul L. (1996) Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and
J.S. Simonoff, Journal of Quality Technology, 28, 257-258.
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Tanur, Judith M. (1996) Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and J.S.
Simonoff and "Case Studies in Biometry" by N. Lange, L. Ryan, L. Billiard,
D. Brillinger, L. Conquest, and J. Greenhouse (editors), Chance, 9/2,
40-42.
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Wernecke, K. D. (1996) Review of "A Casebook for a First Course in
Statistics and Data Analysis" by S. Chatterjee, M.S. Handcock, and
J.S. Simonoff, Biometrical Journal, 38, 716.
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Visualizing Data; Cleveland
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Gentleman, Robert (1996),
Review of ``Visualizing data'' by W. S. Cleveland,
Statistics and Computing, 6, 387-388.
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Derr, J. A. (1994),
Review of ``Visualizing data'' by W. S. Cleveland,
Biometrics, 50, 890.
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Gunter, Bert (1994),
Review of ``Visualizing data'' by W. S. Cleveland,
Technometrics, 36, 314- 315.
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Nelson, Lloyd S. (1994),
Review of ``Visualizing data'' by W. S. Cleveland (Corr: V26 p334),
Journal of Quality Technology, 26, 244- 245.
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Welsh, A. H. (1994),
Review of ``Visualizing data'' by W. S. Cleveland,
Journal of the American Statistical Association, 89, 1136-1138.
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A Handbook of Small Data Sets; Hand, Daly, Lunn, McConway, and Ostrowski
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Hayden, Robert W. (1996),
Review of two collections of data for use in a first course in
statistics, American Statistician, 50, 168-169.
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