Business Statistics in Practice - Hardcover

Bowerman, Bruce L; O'Connell, Richard T

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0072470267 ISBN 13: 9780072470260

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2002

Synopsis

This new edition of Business Statistics in Practice delivers clear and understandable explanations of business statistics concepts through the use of continuing case studies and examples to show applications of statistics that are 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-based examples and exercises, unparalleled internet coverage, and a robust, technology-based ancillary package are designed to help students master their 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. Icons in the text margins identify areas that are further explored and enhanced through the use of Visual Statistics.

About this title

About the Author:

Bruce L. Bowerman is a professor of decision sciences at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. degree in statistics from Iowa State University in 1974, and he has over 37 years of experience teaching basic statistics, regression analysis, time series forecasting, survey sampling, and design of experiments to both undergraduate and graduate students. In 1987 Professor Bowerman received an Outstanding Teaching award from the Miami University senior class, and in 1992 he received and Effective Educator award from the Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration. Together with Richard T. O’Connell, Professor Bowerman has written 11 textbooks. These include Forecasting and Time Series: An Applied Approach and Forecasting, Time Series, and Regression: An Applied Approach (also coauthored with Anne B. Koehler); The first edition of Forecasting and Time Series earned an Outstanding Academic Book award from Choice magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0072470267
• ISBN 13: 9780072470260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 896