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Statistics and Data Analysis: from Elementary to Intermediate by Ajit C. Tamhane and Dorothy D. Dunlop. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458. 1999, 722 pp., $91.00.
INTRODUCTORY statistics texts vary greatly depending on their intended audience and authors' pedagogical principles. The new book by Tamhane and Dunlop is primarily a text for upper level undergraduates, and it is intended to provide an introduction to statistical concepts and methodology as well as an overview of applications of the methods. The authors meet these objectives quite well, and they provide a good "broad brush" introduction to statistical practice. The pace is brisk, and a solid calculus background is assumed. The emphasis, however, is not on mathematical rigor but on the application of techniques. Extensive exercises are presented at the end of each chapter, and a disk containing data sets is included with the book. Both examples...