Study Guides

Grant's Self-Help Study Books

Grant's Tutoring offers books written by Grant himself to help you better learn and understand the material in Basic Stats 1 and 2, Intro Calculus, Calculus for Management, Calculus 2, Linear Algebra, and Matrices for Management.

Buy one of Grant's books at UMSU Digital Copy Centre, Room 118 University Centre on the University of Manitoba Main Campus. Please allow at least one business day after your order the book for the Copy Centre to make it for you.

You can also order Grant's study books online at www.digitalcopycentre.com

Each book comes spiral-bound and includes a table-of-contents to help you find whatever lesson you are looking for. These books give you an organized way to learn the course with clearly explained lessons in everyday language illustrated with step-by-step examples showing you the ways to attack and solve exam-like questions. The packages also include an extensive amount of extra practice problems covering all areas of the course together with detailed solutions.

Grant breaks the course up into lessons. Each lesson includes a set of Lecture Problems which he uses to illustrate the key concepts and examples. In his lecture for each lesson he gives you the background and fundamentals you need to understand, then goes through the Lecture Problems step-by-step, in easy to understand language. At the end of each lesson, homework is assigned, generally including more Practise Problems with complete solutions. This way a student is guided through the entire course and can work at whatever pace suits them.

You generally have two options:

You can purchase the whole course in one big book. The book costs $80+tax.  The Basic Stats 1 and Basic Stats 2 study books are not available in the $80 complete book format. They only come in the separate volumes discussed below.

Or, you can buy Volume 1 and Volume 2 separately. These are simply the $80 book split into two separate volumes. Each volume costs $45+tax.

Volume 1 is intended to cover all topics that would be on a typical midterm exam (although Grant cannot guarantee that this is the case since a course may change the order or pace at which topics are covered).

Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 left off, covering the rest of the course.

Study Books That Grant Currently Offers

Basic Stats 1 (following the outline of the STAT 1000 course, it may also be of use to students taking other introductory statistics courses).  This book is only offered as three separate volumes.  Volume 1 covers the material leading up to the first midterm exam.  Volume 2 continues from there and takes you up to the second midterm exam.  Volume 3 completes the course, taking you up to the final exam.  Each volume costs $33+tax or you can purchase all three volumes at once for $90+tax.

Basic Stats 2 (following the outline of the STAT 2000 course, it may also be of use to students taking other statistics courses).    This book is only offered as two separate volumes.  Each volume costs $45+tax.

Intro Calculus (following the outline of the MATH 1500 course, it would certainly be of use to students taking the MATH 1510 course and may also be of use to students taking other introductory calculus courses).  This book is available in two separate volumes costing $45+tax each or as one complete book for $80+tax.

Calculus for Management (following the outline of the MATH 1520 course, it may also be of use to students taking other introductory calculus courses intended for students in business or commerce programs).  This book is available in two separate volumes costing $45+tax each or as one complete book for $80+tax.

Calculus 2 (Integration) (following the outline of the MATH 1700 course, it would certainly be of use for students taking the MATH 1710 course and may also be of use to students taking other calculus courses that focus on integration and its applications).  This book is available only as one complete book for $60+tax.

Linear Algebra (following the outline of the MATH 1300 course, it may also be of use to students taking other introductory linear algebra courses).  This book is only available in two separate volumes costing $45+tax at this time.

Matrices for Management (following the outline of the MATH 1310 course, it may also be of use to students taking other introductory matrices courses which focus on business applications).  This book is only available in two separate volumes costing $45+tax at this time.

If you are taking a course that is not mentioned, but which you believe may be similar to one of those above, contact Grant by phone (489-2884) or e-mail grant@grantstutoring.com to get advice about whether or not a book may be right for you.