Probability For Dummies (For Dummies Series)

Very user friendly and comfortable to read. The book is giving me a clear understanding of probability which I always had trouble with and will need to pass for my undergraduate bachelor's degree program.

I wanted a book on probability theory for an outsider and did not want to wade through a lot of boring material. This fits the bill perfectly. It introduces the complicated topics gradually.

I agree with the other reviews about the errors in the book. Also, the book does not provide any exercises, and without practice it is very difficult, if not impossible, to concur math. Nevertheless, the book is very well written, and the examples provided are clear and easy to understand. The author clearly put some effort into making the subject matter interesting.

Good book for kids

Got me through probs/stats with an A. Passed this probs bible on to another student. It's the studenthood of the traveling dummies book.

A really fun book. If you like to gamble, a should buy.

Easy to understand and read. Mostly covers discrete probability but does it well. The examples are quite good and build upon each other.

Overall, this is a good book that serves well as a very thorough introduction to probabilities and statistical distributions. The author covers a very large domain that is probably equivalent to at least one semester course at the college level. I was surprised at the number and complexity of statistical distributions covered and at the depth of the combination and permutation topics applications. This book should fulfill the knowledge needs of most people needing such an introduction to probabilities. The author provides all the formulas and tools needed to deal with not only basic but also fairly advanced stuff (with statistical distributions the learning curve accelerates into the advanced domain readily). As mentioned in the title of this review, the author is not as accurate as she should have been. Some errors are permissible. Other errors are less so. Among the permissible errors are the author's treatment of the famous birthday problems. I won't bore you with the technicalities others have already well specified. In any case, the author comes up with an elegant estimate of a solution to the birthday problem. But, it is not 100% accurate. The only error the author did here is to forget to mention this was an estimation and not an accurate solution. There are many well accepted estimations to the birthday problem and the author's is as reasonably accurate as any others (I have partly checked that). Among the errors that are less permissible, right at the beginning of the book the author completely messes up what odds are. She states that odds is the inverse of a probability. It is not. The odds is either the probability of winning divided by the probability of losing (called Odds on) or the reverse (Odds against). Later in the book, she also bungles the Z distribution probability density function. Those are material errors that discredit the author. So, there you have it. This is a good book overall, but watch out for some errors. If you study statistical distributions in depth I would double check every pmf or pdf formulas with another source such as Wikipedia. If you want to build your mathematical foundation I also strongly recommend Forgotten Algebra , Forgotten Calculus , and Forgotten Statistics: A Refresher Course with Applications to Economics and Business . Those books were somewhat more accessible than this one (shorter on theory, more exercises, and superior in quality).

Es ist ein großartiges Buch für jemanden, der nie Statistik gelernt hat und sich ein solides, aber grundlegendes Wissen auf diesem Gebiet aneignen möchte.

This is one of the few books that I have bought from Amazon and the book has arrived damaged. When I first took the book out of the package, I noticed that part of the back cover was bent. It is only a small bend but I have never seen this on any of the other books I have purchased from Amazon. Still, I am happy with this book.

Practico

Ho trovato l'esposizione poco sistematica. Presenza di un dedalo di esempi tutti incentrati sul poker che mi fanno rimpiangere i classici esperimenti delle palline colorate nell'urna. Naturalmente è il mio punto di vista. Può essere che per altre sensibilità l'approccio risulti soddisfacente.

Me encantan los libros para dummies, muy bien explicados y leer en la Kindle app genial.