Mathematical Statistics

Rating:
Summary: Advanced Text - Poor Reference Tool, Many Typos
Review: I used this book in a class that I took for intermediate statistics, a mid-level graduate course in the statistics department at a top university. This is an advanced book on mathematical statistics. In general, I found that if I had significant exposure to a topic previously, I could easily understand the text. Sections of the book containing topics new to me, however, were difficult to understand. The biggest failure of this book to me is that it serves as a poor reference tool. Definitions, theorems, and important concepts are often hidden in paragraphs nestled between examples. There is no appendix or list of distributions, moment generating functions, etc. The index is incomplete. A second negative aspect of the book is that there are many typos. The extent of the typos often increases the difficulty of understanding the text.

Overall, this book should never be used for an undergraduate course. I also do not recommend this book for use in a graduate course, unless some later edition with heavy revisions is released. I strongly recommend not buying this book for personal use as a reference tool.

Rating:
Summary: The Worst.
Review: This book does not, as the editorial review claims to be "a balanced, practical text that brings life and relevance to a subject so often perceived as irrelevant and dry". Rather, it makes what is already irrelevant and dry as even moreso. Not only that, but there are many typos that only confuzzle the reader even more. It reads as though it was written by a robot. There is no human touch to this text at all. This book is "clearly" and "obviously" inconclusive and I for one would love to never see it again.