I used this book as a quick REFERENCE when I worked at a trading floor, but if you're taking an advanced business statistics class, then I recommend that you buy a copy of this book. In it, you will find a concise, clear review of the theory, followed immediately by many problems with detailed solutions. Nothing is worse than in a math class than getting hung up on some idea during the semester. You will fall behind and probably not catch up. Semester after semester, my students tell me this Schaum's made a positive difference in their understanding.

Sincerely,

Alex Alaniz Ph.D.

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This was an extremely useful book for the understanding of Statistics and Econometrics. Each topic had examples to show how the formulas work. The computer chapter went over the programming in SAS, Excel, and Eviews for the problems in the book. Best of all, the problems had answers. This is a must-have for beginning statistics and econometrics since it starts from scratch, and for theory students in search of an application.