Business Statistics: A Decision-Making Approach [with Student CD]

by David F. Groebner, Patrick W. Shannon, Phillip C. Fry

For the 1 or 2 semester course in Business Statistics. This comprehensive, 17 chapter hardcover text builds student confidence by incorporating a step-by-step system for examples, exercises, and special review sections. This step-by-step framework allows students to learn by example, practice with extensive exercises that step-up in level of difficulty, and solidify their understanding of the concepts with special review sections as they prepare for their exams. It presents descriptive and inferential statistics with a rich assortment of business examples and real data with an emphasis on decision-making. There is emphasis on using statistical software as a tool, (featuring Excel and Minitab) with many examples presented in a software environment. A briefer version is also available called A Course in Business Statistics 4e.

Genres: Business

896 pages, Hardcover

Published December 31, 2003

Reviews

[Eric Elegado · Rating 5 out of 5]

I consider this one of the best reference textbooks out there. I got this book from a friend who believe will be very helpful in my daily activities. Sure, it is. This contains just the right topics that I need for my job in analyzing data in our factory and business, as well as some of my needs in my other endeavors outside of work. All without the excessive info overload the subject has to offer. The explanations were very well explained and fun. Its sample problems were very practical and relatable. Plus, it considers the use of software like Excel and Minitab, which are very much available in the industry. I keep this book just on my table and has been very useful.

[Amanda J]

Read this book for my MBA program. Topics covered include: probability & probability distributions, sampling distributions & error, estimating population values, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, multiple regression, model building, analyzing & forcasting time-series data, nonparametric statistics, and statistical process control.

[Jennifer E · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's for my Quantitative Business Tools class. I only have time for school books lately. :oP

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book gave great examples and the formulas were easy to find. I am done with it for this semester, but am using the second half of it next semester.