I'm using this book for a graduate course in probability for political science, and I have been very disappointed with it. The main problem is that it skips steps involved in problems and then tells you that "obviously" or "clearly" or "intuitively" the solution to the problem follows. For example
Probability and random variables. A beginner's guide
โ Scribed by Stirzaker D.
- Publisher
- CUP
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 382
- Category
- Library
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This concise introduction to probability theory is written in an informal, tutorial style with concepts and techniques defined and developed as necessary. After an elementary discussion of chance, Stirzaker sets out the central and crucial rules and ideas of probability including independence and co
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