Fundamentals of Statistics

by Michael Sullivan III

For a one semester or one-term algebra-based Introductory Statistics Courses. Drawing on the author's extensive teaching experience and background in statistics and mathematics, this text promotes student success in introductory statistics while maintaining the integrity of the course. Four basic principles characterize the approach of this text: generating and maintaining student interest; promoting student success and confidence; providing extensive and effective opportunity for student practice; and allowing for flexibly of teaching styles.

Genres: Textbooks, Reference, Nonfiction

688 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

Mike Sullivan III is a professor of mathematics at Joliet Junior College. He holds graduate degrees from DePaul University in both mathematics and economics. Mike is an author or co-author on more than 20 books, including a statistics book and a developmental mathematics series.

Son of Professor of Mathematics Michael Sullivan.

Reviews

[Briana Auclair · Rating 2 out of 5]

Without a skilled teacher this book makes for better kindling than it does a reference to Elementary Statistics. As a first time statistics student, I found myself reading passages and coming up more confused than I went in. Thankfully my teacher bean teaching from another book, and giving us printouts that better explained the theories and why the formulas were constructed. If you are an instructor looking for an effective textbook for your class, keep moving. You'll spend more time correcting the books inept writings for your students clarification than actually teaching.

[Nostalgia Reader]

What a joke.

You'd better have an excellent teacher for a stat class that uses this book. Unfortunately, I didn't have a good teacher and can speak from experience: If you don't have an excellent instructor, you'll be drowning in functions and have no clear picture when to use what function. Didn't retain a thing, aside from some basic methodology.

[Thomas Dejewski · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was far more instructive than my professor, however through much due diligence, I managed an A. Good examples and the methods used to highlight definitions, key terms, and formulas was helpful.

[Cindi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was good. Though without the teacher I wouldn't have understood squat.

[Pamela Pickering]

DONE DONE DONE DONE (unless I flunked). Don't want to open this sucker again! Ahhh fiction, come find me and distract me from pdf and cdf functions! I await thee!

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read for a class.

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't really say much for this book. We really just used it for homework problems.