Diagrams are used frequently throughout the book to explain difficult concepts.
? Clear and concise explanations of statistical methods.
? Step?by?step solutions to each problem presented in an example.

Pizza Anyone? Are you a classic pepperoni person? A minimalist (cheese only)? Do your tastes turn toward the exotic, like pineapple and ham? As you will see from the case study on page 44, the most favored pizza topping of 43% of American adults is pepperoni. Now that’s a pie chart students can relate to! Prem Mann’s Introductory Statistics, Third Edition offers cases students can really sink their teeth into. Throughout the Third Edition the case studies deal with the statistics that shape our lives, cases that are relevant and engaging. Examples and exercises taken from the real world… step?by?step explanations that make statistics easier to understand… a writing style that is clear and concise… these are just some of the features of Mann that students consistently praise. That’s why Introductory Statistics remains the most favored statistics text in use in classrooms worldwide! Any Way You Slice it, Mann is The Classroom Favorite!

1999-05-06 Perfect book for anyone needing a jump-start

This book has been written in a 'non-classical' style, i.e. it DOES NOT have long tracts of explanatory text, leaving things to the imagination of a beginner or the competence of a teacher (!!). The profusion of examples helped me get a hang of the intricacies of hypothesis testing for instance, after I had lost all hope and had an examination facing me. Yes i topped the class (no joke!!!). There is also on the other hand no condecension in leaving out the more complex themes (as in some other books that go under similar titles). On the down-side, it is BIG. And the hardcover edition expensive!! But definitely worth it.