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Zusatztext "It is a realistic book that challenges the way students look at business problems and issues. ...the text equips the reader with the skills and techniques required to make informed decisions. ?The authors demonstrate the techniques with a wealth of practical examples drawn from a variety of real life applications. ?One of the more innovative features of this book is the inclusion of a number of 'hands on' exercises and experiments. ? The book is extremely interesting and would be useful to aid managers in their decision-making process."-Short Book Reviews of the ISI! on the first edition Informationen zum Autor J. A. John, D. Whitaker, D. Whitaker Klappentext Providing an introductory course in business statistics for students with little mathematical background! this edition removes the "workbook" approach to make room for more materials with greater emphasis on forecasting and time series! using histograms and scatterplots! and goodness-of-fit. A supporting Web site provides a wealth of supplemental materials. Zusammenfassung Shows how statistics is important in various aspects of business and equips students with the skills they need to make sensible use of data and other information. This book takes an interactive, scenario-based approach and uses almost no mathematical formulas, opting to use Excel for the technical work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Variation. Problem Solving. Looking at Data. Modeling Data. Attribute Data. Sampling. Estimation. Regression Analysis. Multiple Regression. Forecasting. Statistical Process Control. Control Charts. Improvement Strategies. Postscript. Introduction to Excel.
