For my advanced students I covered the chapters on analysis of variance and chi-square tests, simple regression analysis and correlation coefficent, multiple regression analysis, other topics in applied regression analysis, nonparametric statistics and time series analysis including forecasting.

The statistical theories showed the mathematical derivations, often in appendices, yet included easy to follow numerical examples which students appreciated very much. The first edition was one of the first statistics books with particular attention paid to appllications using corporate finance, investment and banking data.

The only shortcomings dealt with typographical errors found in several places, and solution errors in the accompanying instructors' manual.

Overall, an excellent statistics book for the first-timer and a worthy addition to the library of a specialist, especially one with a financial perspective.

When I try to look into the table contents of this book, I found it is for beginners of statistics only. Unless you are entry level of this area, I suggest you to buy some other books together.