Schaum's Easy Outline of Probability and Statistics - Softcover

Spiegel, Murray; Schiller, John; Srinivasan, A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071383417 ISBN 13: 9780071383417

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2002

Synopsis

This title presents boiled-down essentials of the top-selling "Schaum's Outline" series for the student with limited time. What could be better than the bestselling "Schaum's Outline" series? For students looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, it would have to be "Schaum's Easy Outline" series. Every book in this series is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its predecessor. With an emphasis on clarity and brevity, each new title features a streamlined and updated format and the absolute essence of the subject, presented in a concise and readily understandable form. Graphic elements such as sidebars, reader-alert icons, and boxed highlights stress selected points from the text, illuminate keys to learning, and give students quick pointers to the essentials. The features include: designed to appeal to underprepared students and readers turned off by dense text; cartoons, sidebars, icons, and other graphic pointers get the material across fast; concise text focuses on the essence of the subject; delivers expert help from teachers who are authorities in their fields; perfect for last-minute test preparation; and so small and light that they fit in a backpack!

About this title

About the Authors

The Late MURRAY R. SPIEGEl received the M.S degree in Physics and the Ph.D. in Mathematics from Cornell University. He had positions at Harvard University, Columbia University, Oak Ridge and Rensselaer Polytechnic Insitute, and served as a mathematical consultant at several large Companies. His last Position was professor and Chairman of mathematics at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Hartford Graduate Center. He was interested in most branches of mathematics at the Rensselaer polytechnic Institute, Hartford Graduate Center. He was interested in most branches of mathematics, especially those which involve applications to physics and engineering problems. He was the author of numerous journal articles and 14 books on various topics in mathematics.

John J. Schiller, is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Temple University. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and has published research papers in the areas of Riemann surfaces, discrete mathematics biology. He has also coauthored texts in finite mathematics, precalculus, and calculus.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071383417
• ISBN 13: 9780071383417
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160