The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences

The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences: w/Student CD Hardcover – December 29, 2010

Author: Visit Amazon's Brigitte Baldi Page | Language: English | ISBN: 1429272724 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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BRIGITTE BALDI is a Lecturer at University of California, USA. DAVID S. MOORE is a Lecturer at Purdue University, USA.
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Hardcover: 721 pages
Publisher: W. H. Freeman; Second Edition edition (December 29, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1429272724
ISBN-13: 978-1429272728
Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 8.6 x 10 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #66,045 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #19 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Research > Biostatistics
- #27 in Books > Medical Books > Basic Sciences > Biostatistics

In my long history of being a student I'm pretty sure I've never written a review about a textbook since you can't choose your books- it really doesn't matter if it's bad because you're stuck with it anyway. But I'll make an exception to this monstrosity, in the hopes that future instructors will read these reviews and understand that as a self-taught course, this book is simply AWFUL. I'm a scientist, so obviously statistics are near and dear to not only my heart, but my paycheck and reputation as well. Therefore, I not only wanted to get a decent grade, but I truly needed to know this stuff. Unfortunately, this book served me more as a mouse pad than as an instruction manual.

It gives all the formulas, the rules, the definitions, etc., yet somehow it doesn't teach a dang thing. The explanations, the instruction, or even the examples you're given to actually learn the statistics are woefully inadequate and sparse. There is no teacher here, just you and the book, so it should be doing a complete job in teaching, not supplementing some unknown professor. I spent more time doing online searches to understand the material than I did learning from the book.

Here are things you need to know about this book/online portal:

**I cannot stress this enough- you have to know how to use excel and/or the TI-83/4 calculator stats features BEFORE taking this class. Sure, there are scattered flaccid technology pictures in the book, but they're as helpful as your Aunt Ester who answers the phone when she hears the doorbell.

**The book and the online videos tag-team the teaching, so don't think that just reading or watching will teach you what you need to know.