Business Statistics in Practice [with Student CD]

by Bruce L. Bowerman, Richard T. O'Connell

The new edition of Business Statistics in Practice delivers clear and understandable explanations of business statistics concepts through the use of continuing case studies and an emphasis on business improvement. The cases and examples show real applications of statistics relevant to today's business students. The authors motivate students by showing persuasively how the use of statistical techniques in support of business decision-making helps to improve business processes. A variety of computer centered examples and exercises, and a robust, technology-based ancillary package are designed to help students master this subject. Acknowledging the importance of spreadsheets and statistical software in their statistical instruction, the authors continue to integrate Excel and Minitab output throughout the text. In addition, a new enhanced version of MegaStat, an Excel add-in program designed to optimize Excel for statistical application, is available free on the Student CD. For students and instructors who want to explore statistical concepts from a graphical perspective, Visual Statistics is again available on the Student CD. New Business Improvement icons are integrated throughout the text to illustrate the ‘BI’ theme.

Genres: Reference, Textbooks

881 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Camly Nguyen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Can you make it even more complicated?

[Andrew Dobrow · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book somehow found a way to make college-level statistics even more complicated. I had much better luck using free resources found around the web.

[Justin Jaeger · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the companion reference for a statistics course in my MBA program. While the professor tested exclusively on his lectures, the book provided a unique resource that could assist with general class comprehension and served as a bilingual (Math and English) translator that could provide a different perspective on concepts to assist with learning. The professor insisted the book was unimportant for the class, but I regularly went back to it to fully understand and restate my statistics confusions.

Also, it's pretty dense material. Without a basis for understanding advanced math, much of this textbook would seem like gibberish. It's when it's used as a targeted reference that this text excels.

[Xinru Deng · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hated everything about numbers, business, and finance.

[Kevin Vejrup · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lærerig bog med mange eksempler. Kan benyttes til opslag om sampling, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, regressioner og decision theory m.m. Se særligt for gennemgang til Excel.