First Course in Probability, A [With Disk] [Hardcover]

Sheldon Ross (Author)

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Hardcover: 514 pages
Publisher: Pearson; 5 edition (18 Aug 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0137463146
ISBN-13: 978-0137463145
Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 17 x 2.8 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,127,414 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This market leader is written as an elementary introduction to the mathematical theory of probability for students in mathematics, engineering, and the sciences who possess the prerequisite knowledge of elementary calculus. A major thrust of the Fifth Edition has been to make the book more accessible to today's students. The exercise sets have been revised to include more simple, mechanical problems and a new section of Self-Test Problems with fully worked out solutions conclude each chapter. In addition, many new applications have been added to demonstrate the importance of probability in real situations. A software diskette, referenced in text and packaged with each copy of the book, provides an easy to use tool for students to derive probabilities for binomial, Poisson, and normal random variables, illustrate and explore the central limit theorem, work with the strong law of large numbers, and more.

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22 of 28 people found the following review helpful

Best introductory statistics book I've yet found 12 Oct 1999

By Kenneth S. Dieudonne - Published on Amazon.com

I'm an electrical engineer, not a statistician. It's tough because the teachers of these EE classes dealing with noise and random variables pretend you have a background in statistics. It's got to be one of the hardest mountains to climb in the first year of graduate school. Sheldon Ross deserves a Nobel Prize for this book. By the way, this was not our textbook. We were forced to buy Papoulis (which sucks). The book is filled with examples. He has three sets of exercises in the back of each chapter: problems, theoretical exercises, and self-test problems and exercises. He gives selected answers and shows some fully worked out. Every class in America should be using this book. I bought it as a study aid based on the comments of fellow Amazons, and I was not dissappointed. In fact I had to come back and give it my highest recommendation.

Note: If you are going to criticize this book as I see many are falling into, you need to show me another one that is better. That is the entire point here. There isn't one. Search the entire Library of Congress to find a better one and let us all know what it is. Thank you.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful

well-developed 16 July 1999

By cruiser@eden.rutgers.edu - Published on Amazon.com

My first reaction to this book was that the problems were very, very difficult to solve, and I believed that it was mainly do to the author's fault of not presenting effective methods for handling the problems in a step by step manner. However, I now believe that after reading more texts on the subject, that introductory level probability problems, in general, require a greater deal of mathematical reasoning and careful application of the rules of probability than do other introductory problems in the realms of calculus and physics where the problems are of a 'plug-in' nature. So in defense of Dr. Ross, I must say that his text is well thought out with interesting, careful examples and written concisely and fluently (if at times somewhat condescending on the reader).

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

a very good book 26 April 1999

By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com

Don't relate to previous reviewers' problems with this book: CLEAR though concise presentation of material, interesting examples. MOst of all: there is almost no hand-waiving in this book (it does occur somehwat in the discussion of limit theorems most memorably), that is, everything is proven. If your math level is up to par (good calculus foundation) then this is the best book for introductory (non-measure theory) prob. that I know of.

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