Book Review: Fundamentals of Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data, 4th edition

Author: Michael Sullivan, III Publisher: Pearson – Education – 568 pages, plus appendices Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram We  read, listen to, or view news items using statistics everyday in our lives. But we can be easily misinformed and misled by reports based on statistical data, especially if we do not question how the information – on which the news item is based – was compiled and organized, or what data is misinterpreted, or worse, missing. A common example of misinformation is the monthly report on unemployment released on the first Friday of every month by the Bureau of...

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