I bought this book because I liked the way it was organized and the material it covered. The explanations are good. However, when I started to work the exercises, I found that many of the answers in the back of the book are wrong. To prove it, I input the values into Excel and had it compute them. My answers matched those from Excel, so I must conclude that the answers in the back are wrong.

I suggest buying the Schaum's Outline book on Statistics by Spiegel.

It turns out that most of the answers in the book are correct. The first problem in chapter one is incorrect, in that the median of the set of numbers is actually zero, not one. However, the problems I had with chapter two would not have arisen had the difference between the standard deviation of the population and the standard deviation of a sample been better explained. The fact that I can even say such things is proof that I learned something. :-) I must upgrade my rating and also recommend this book. It is concise (perhaps too much at times), but it does cover a fantastic range of material.

This book is pitched at university level study and covers the mathematics in an easy to understand manner. I have completed university level statistics however, the assigned textbook was dry and difficult to understand. I did do well in the subject, however this was by rote learning past exams rather than any deep understanding of the material. This book changes everything and I only wish I had it when I did my maths course!

The book is written in a very clear style. All theory is accompanied by fully worked examples. There are plenty of graphs and explanations to illustrate the point. At the end of each theme, there is a set of problems again with fully worked solutions. Mathematical terms are explained in clear English so that I finally know what "chi square" and "degree of freedom" actually mean.

The book is not perfect. As previously mentioned, there are a number of errors in the worked solutions. However, these are quickly spotted. A lot of the time, the book just asks you to accept certain equations, without showing how they are derived. It would have been nice to have an appendix with derivations of the various formulae, so that you could look them up if you were so inclined.

However, these small flaws do not detract from what is an excellent text. I'd recommend this text for anyone who needs an understanding of the fundamentals of statistics. I managed to cover a whole semester's work in about 1/10th of the time!

As an old fan of the Tintin adventure series, I was curious to see whether this was another adventure I had never heard of. It is actually part of a new series based on diaries Tintin may have kept during his travels.

The "diary" provides interesting facts and beautiful photographs which give the reader an intriguing glimpse of a continent which remains a mystery to many people. It depicts another world, especially in this age of technological advances.

The diary touches on the geography, culture, customs and the heritage of Africa. It also highlights the plight of Africa: poverty, famine, drought and political unrest.

I liked this book because any child would find it a fascinating introduction to a great continent. The format is fun and the information concise. Adult readers will want to add it to their collection of Tintin adventures to pass on to their kids.

On the one hand the format of "Tintin's Travel Diaires," which are organized around thirty key questions designed for young readers, seems rather limited when you are dealing with the entire continent of Africa. True, this volume looks at Sub-Saharan Africa, which goes back to the original 1930 adventure of "Tintin in the Congo." That is one of the rare early works by Hergé that is not reprinted as part of the seven volume set and which was revised substantially by the author. In 1930 "Tintin in the Congo" was slanted towards Belgium as the colonial power. However, in 1946 when Hergé prepared a color version he did away with that perspective and the attendant stereotypes and changed the story into something more in keeping with his respect for other cultures around the world.

Of course, today the Belgian Congo no longer exists, so do "Tintin's Travel Diaries: Belgian Congo" is not possible. However, this volume remains true to both Hergé's original story and his revision by asking questions such as "Who were the Slavers," "What can be said about Colonization," and "What is 'apartheid'?" Overall, the questions raised are pretty good, touching upon geography, anthropology, culture, architecture, and other topics. The emphasis is on the geographical to be sure, but the end result is still a fitting companion to the original Tintin adventure. Each two-page spread addresses a particular question ("Where Was King Solomon's Mines located?"), and juxtaposes Hergé's original cartooning with photographs showing the country today. The goal is to be educational in a fun way, and "Tintin's Travel Diaries: Africa" succeeds and should convince young readers to continue to enjoy the Adventures of Tintin and these excellent companion volumes.

I purchased this book to gain a better understanding of the industry as a whole. It served it's purpose! I am new to working in banking and I will have to learn how my bank operates, but now I can ask the right questions to speed up the process.

Includes a lot of information about banking but not in much detail. A handy reference afterall. But for the folks who want more in depth knowledge into banking, go for a larger volume.

I was studying for the exam, and found a number of flaws in this book. If anyone knows the publishers homepage I would like to inform them so they may correct them. An example of one of the flaws is on the first practice test. Section B "Memory of addresses" List 1: On question 36 it asks what section Erasmus is in. Clearly if you look at it, it is in Section B as the 4th one down. Yet the answer guide reports it as being in Section E, what's up with that? Just an example. Otherwise, this is a very easy to read book and was very helpful.

This is a very comprehensive book to practice for the Postal Exam. It is written in easy to understand terms and has pages filled with practice tests to prepare for THE test. I ordered an extra book for my daughter and son-in-law to work in.

I think this book will help you understand the skills to make a high score on the TOEFL. But I don't think this book will give you the knowledge TOEFL requires and the enough chance to exercise the skills.

This book helps you ace on Toefl. It is the so far the best one I have ever studied with. I've tried everything from Arco to Kaplan. This truely helps you get score higher.

Sure, there is plenty about the early life of David Copperfiled in the 19th Century, but nothing about how he used his magic to transport himself to the 20th century where he became the greatest entertainer/magician of all time! Not even a single mention of the Statue of Liberty disapearring...

David Copperfiels is a magnificent story, that keeps you at the edge of your seat. In every chapter something new happens and the plot gets even more exciting. A sweet little boy is forced to grow up too quickly and has an immoral role model. This is definaltly the best story I have ever read!

If you're like me, then you are embarrassed to even be considering buying Cliffs Notes for Investors. Although the booklet uses simple, easy to understand language and covers several basic investment strategies, nothing can take the place of real research and true understanding. That will come from experience and extensive study. This book's main purpose could be to impress your friends with some newfound lingo.

Let's face facts: this book will not turn you into a savvy investor any more than reading the Cliff Notes on Macbeth will make you a scholar of English literature. The back cover claims the book will help you "master the essentials" of Wall Street, and this is only a slight boast - it will introduce you to the fundamentals with brevity and clarity, then point you toward more information in print and on the web. To that end, the book is certainly a good investment.

I am already predisposed against Cliffs Notes simply because of my belief that they contribute to what Allan Bloom calls, "The Closing of the American Mind". Using Cliffs Notes to understand literature is comparable to taking a Polaroid photo of the Mona Lisa to hang in your living room. However, I was in a bookstore and started wondering how bad these Cliffs Notes really were so I started skimming through the one which purports to analyze Poe's short stories since I have read these several dozen times. The result was worse than I expected. My aversion to Cliffs Notes had, heretofore, been that it felt like cheating but I had always assumed the details were as least accurate. What I found was that the "facts" were just plain wrong and thousands of lazy students would never even realize it.

For example, on page 54 of the Cliffs Notes is the following quote from the discussion of "The Cask of Amontillado": "Earlier, he [Montresor] had let all of the servants off for the night..."

No, he did not. In fact, Montresor specifically told them not to leave as is evident from the lines in the actual Poe text:

There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning and had given them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well knew, to insure their immediate disappearance , one and all, as soon as my back was turned.

Then the editor goes on to explain an exchange between Fortunato and Montresor regarding the Free Masons just after Fortunato had made an enigmatic gesture with the De Grave bottle:

Cliffs Notes: "At this point Fortunato was sure that Montresor didn't understand the gesture..."

Actual Text of Poe: I broke and reached him a flagon of De Grave... He laughed and threw the bottle upwards with a gesticulation I did not understand. I looked at him in surprise. He repeated the movement -- a grotesque one. "You do not comprehend?" he said. "Not I," I replied. "Then you are not of the brotherhood."

Cliffs Notes: "...[Free Masonry], an order that Fortunato was certain Montresor couldn't belong to."

Clearly, Fortunato was not certain, at first, that Montresor was not a Mason for he repeated the gesture. Only after Montresor admits to not knowing the sign does Fortunato realize this. Yet the Cliffs Notes editor claims this is another example of Fortunato attempting to insult Montresor.

Finally, this line from page 56 of the Cliffs Notes is an absurd mistake: "Fortunato then showed him a sign of the masons - a trowel which he brought with him".

But as the actual text shows it is Montresor (the narrator), not Fortunato, who has the trowel: "It is this," I answered, producing a trowel from beneath the folds of my roquelaire. "You jest," [Fortunato] exclaimed, recoiling a few paces. "But let us proceed to the Amontillado." "Be it so," [Montresor] said, replacing the tool beneath the cloak

I was not inclined to read any further to see if the editor was equally maladroit with the facts in the other short stories since my poor opinion of Cliffs Notes had already been confirmed. Poe probably has the most precise use of the English language of any American writer and deserves better treatment. It is intellectually lazy to make such sophomoric mistakes and a disservice to those who naively depend on Cliffs Notes for accurate information.

I had to read "Fall of the House of Usher" for my English 11A class, and when we started I was beyond lost. This really explained things, and made it possible for me to excel on the topic. I normally don't go for this sort of thing, but I took the chance, thinking, what would it hurt? It worked!

I used these Cliffs Notes to review for a test, and they were extremely helpful and in-depth enough to refresh my memory on some of Poe's short stories. However, if one attempts to use these Cliffs Notes without having read Poe's stories, he or she will become completely lost. Because the descriptions of each story skip around a lot (they keep jumping from events that occurred at the beginning of the story to ones that happened at the end of the story), it becomes rather confusing for one who has never read the story to follow the sequential events of the plot without getting lost. When I used these Notes for the purpose of reviewing, however, I found that they adequately refreshed my memory enough so that I did not have to read the entire stories again.

When I "called up" more info on the above titled book by Jim Creiner, I noticed you have connected it with a review for a lake in Navada (Pyramid?) -- they aren't the same!

Good book that covers all the basics. I actually fished this lake while reading the book - in about 40 hours of fishing I caught (and released) over 100 beautiful Lahontan cutts that averaged apx 18" with the big one reaching 27". This place is the "real deal" and this book will prove very useful in navigating the fishing spots and gearing up to catch the fish. My only beef with the book is it should show a color picture of this very unique trout. Dan

Pyramid Lake, Nevada is a world-class, trophy quality, Lahontan cutthroat trout fishery. Terry Barron's No Nonsense Guide To Fly Fishing Pyramid Lake is the complete and authoritative guide providing the angler with all the essential fly fishing information, history, and background needed to successfully fly fish this outstanding fishery. Edited and with a foreword by Jeff Cavender, this "user friendly" angler's guide covers everything from baitfish and flies to the best times to fish, to accommodations and how to get there. If you are planning to fish Pyramid Lake, begin with a thorough reading of Terry Barron's No Nonsense Guide To Fly Fishing Pyramid Lake.

These two books were a waist of my time and money. I highly recommend that you not buy these. I did not like them because it was about nothing. I read and read (waisting time and time) trying to find something. "Did I?," you ask....NO! these are horrible books. Thank you.

Some people did not think much of the play, but I thought it was an excellent play. The charecter laura in the play is a crippled girl who feels that she is unable to do anything because she is crippled. Laura keeps a glass menagerie and is very attached to it because she feels they are like her, fragile and transparent. One of the glass charecters resembles her because it is different from all the other animals. Tom, who is Laura's brother wants to leave his house and do something adventurous with his life, but can't until his sister finds a suitible match. Amanda is their mother, who feels self-pity because her husband left her and she has to take care of two children. She keeps reminding Laura of how she always had so many gentelmen callers and Laura has none. This play ended sadly but made a good point.

This review is of James L. Roberts' Cliffs Notes for "The Glass Menagerie" and "A Streetcar Named Desire," and not the plays by Tennessee Williams. Roberts begins with a look at the Author's Life and Background to explain how Williams' personal life and experiences are directly related to the subject matter of his dramas. His look at "The Glass Menagerie" offers a Synopsis and a list of Characters, as well as an introductory section of Structure Through Memory teachers/readers will find useful before they start reading the play. The Scene Summaries & Commentaries make a point of signposting the analysis (A, B, C, etc.), which is also quite useful. As always, those dealing with these yellow books with the black stripes can make the best use of the analysis if they look at it after they have read the corresponding section in the play. This is a tad difficult with Williams since he does not use traditional "scene" divisions, leaving it to Roberts to make those divisions. A Character Analysis of all four characters follows.

Roberts follows the same format in looking at "A Streetcar Named Desire," setting the play up in terms of Structure Through Contrasts. I do want to point out that his Character Analysis on this particular play shows as much depth as you will find in any Cliffs Notes. Even thought he has to deal with two plays in this one volume, Roberts presents a lot of useful analysis that underscores the importance of character in these classic plays by Williams. "The Glass Menagerie" is almost a forgotten play at this point, but "Streetcar" remains a classic drama of the American theater. A minor complaint is that Roberts does not deal with the "happy" ending tacked on the celebrated film version, but that will just be another fascinating class discussion you can have if you screen the film (the "restored" version, of course). Give your students the opportunity to see Brando's performance, the finest in cinema history.