Business Statistics : For Contemporary Decision Making - Hardcover

Black, Ken

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471705632 ISBN 13: 9780471705635

Publisher: Wiley, 2005

Synopsis

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About this title

About the Author

Ken Black is currently Professor of Decision Sciences in the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and raised in Missouri, he earned a Bachelor's degree in mathematics from Graceland College, a Master's degree in math education from the University of Texas at El Paso, a Ph.D. in business administration in management science, and a Ph.D. in educational research from the University of North Texas.

Since joining the faculty in 1979, Professor Black has taught all levels of statistics courses, forecasting, management science, market research, and production/operations management. He published fifteen journal articles and over twenty professional papers, as well as two textbooks: Business Statistics: An  Introductory Course and Business Statistics: Contemporary Decision Making. Black has consulted for many different companies, including Aetna, City of Houston, NYLCare, At&T, Johnson Space  Center, Southwest Information resource, Connect Corporation, and Eagle Engineering.

Ken Black and his wife Carolyn have two daughters, Caycee and Wendi, his hobbies include playing the guitar, reading, traveling, and participating in Master's track and field as a long jumper.

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• Create class presentation using a wealth of Wiley-provided resources. you may easily adapt, customize, and add to his content to meet the needs of your course.
• Automate the assigning and grading of homework or quizzes by using Wiley-provided question banks, or by writing your won. Student results will be automatically graded and recorded in your gradebook.
• Track your students' progress. An instructor's gradebook allows you to an analyze individual and overall class results to determine each student's progress and level of understanding.
• Administer your course. eGrade Plus can easily  be integrated with another course management system, gradebook, or other resources you are using in your class.
• Provide students with problem-solving support. eGrade Plus can link homework problems to the relevant section of the online text, providing context-sensitive help.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471705632
• ISBN 13: 9780471705635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 864