This updated classic provides a superior introduction to applied probability and statistics for engineering or science majors. Author Sheldon Ross shows how probability yields insight into statistical problems, resulting in an intuitive understanding of the statistical procedures most often used by practicing engineers and scientists. Real data sets are incorporated in a wide variety of exercises and examples, and the enclosed CD-ROM includes software that automates the required computations.

The Third Edition includes new exercises, examples, and applications, updated statistical material, and more.

New in this edition:
* New exercises and data examples including:
- The One-sided Chebyshev Inequality for Data
- The Logistics Distribution and Logistic Regression
- Estimation and Testing in proofreader problems
- Product Form Estimates of Life Distributions
- Observational Studies
* Updated statistical material
* New, contemporary applications

Hallmark features:
* Reflects Sheldon Ross's masterfully clear exposition
* Contains numerous examples, exercises, and homework problems
* Unique, easy-to-use software automates required computations
* Applies probability theory to everyday statistical problems and situations
* Careful development of probability, modeling, and statistical procedures leads to intuitive understanding
* Instructor's Solutions Manual is available to adopters

Customer Rating:
Summary: Terrible book
Comment: This is a very poorly written book, examples are not clearly shown or in some cases not even properly done. One example problem in chapter two gives the question and the answer is "Through a series of mathematical equations and procedures you get this: (answer)" with no helpful information. Proper tables and information may be pages away from the actual example or explanation. Some sentences are broken by formulas with no relevance to what the sentence is describing, only for you to find out the equation is for an example you were looking at several pages earlier. There are typos and errors on every page, which my professor had to continuously correct and tell us what to actually do.

The only reason I would buy this book for is if your class requires it and you have no other way to get problem sets. I would definitely suggest another book.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Introduction to Probability and Statisitics for Engineers and Scientists
Comment: Another Elsevier classic. Good undergraduate textbook or postgraduate reference. I am very happy with this book.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Are you kidding?
Comment: Naturally. probability and counting are difficult concepts to grasp. So therefore, let's make a book without answers in the back (ehm, what's the point of solving a problem if you don't have anything to check it against?). I'm rather surprised this comes out of an engineer.

What I'm not surprised by is the explanations. They are like bombs. Basically, here's an equation, it works, use it (maybe that's how engineers work?). Why does it work? Derivation? Hello? Wherever there are actually explanations I would not consider them enough for a regular student to understand.

I'm disappointed, this book is making my prob and stats course harder than it should be.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Please benefit from my pain and stay away from this book
Comment: I have a record of straight As in every undergrad math course there is, and some graduate ones too. I am back in school as a PhD candidate, and find this book among the worst I have seen on the topic. The author's explanation of concepts are poor or nonexistent, and the examples skip steps and do not provide the student the opportunity to learn incrementally. I have reviewed several books on the subject now, and I recommend checking out Prob & Stats for Engineers and Scientists by Walpole and Meyers, 6th Edition. It's crystal clear, consistent and is saving my degree program!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Errors!
Comment: This book has good organization of subject matter. The examples used are pretty good too.

However, within no more than an hour of flipping through various chapter of my interest, I found 2 errors. What baffled me was that the errors were so easy to catch and yet they existed in the THIRD edition! Unforgivable!

I reckon at this rate there have to many more to be unearthed! The author definitely needs better proof-reading.

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