Elementary Probability for Applications

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The book has a lot of typos and the way it’s written is pretty difficult to follow.

Easy to understand examples

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I found the book to be just fine. While it does have several typos and a few incorrect answers in the back of the book, it is not a bad text book. Probability is a subject that allows its users to "think out side the box". Its not meant to be a read once and never think again subject. In that regard, this book does a good job. I found that at times this book felt cumbersome. When I thought about the topics and on occasion referenced previous pages, it flowed smoothly. The purpose of this textbook is to teach by example, if that is not a learning style that you thrive in, consider buying "Mathematical Statistics and Data Analysis" by John Rice as it focuses on a more traditional learning style.

If you are looking for a rigorous introduction to probability, look elsewhere. This book basically skips over anything theoretical, instead going straight into examples. The examples were fun, but I really didn't appreciate the example based learning. I would have rather been told the theory behind the mechanics first, then do examples.I found Introduction to Probability by Bertsekas and Tsitsikilis much more intuitive and in depth with its explanations. Plus, its solutions are available online.

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Example problems in the book are very poorly described and hard to understand. Numerous examples introduce variables and notation without any clear explanation as to what they are. Since there is no theory and poor explanation of examples, I see little value in this book. I found much of it impossible to understand.