Statistics for Management and Economics

Now including Data Analysis Plus statistical add-ins for Excel this book emphasizes problem solving and teaches students how to systematically solve business problems. It provides a framework for applying statistical techniques by focusing on the relationship between the type of problem the type of data involved and the appropriate technique. Its comprehensive coverage and integrated computer examples and instructions provides enough material for a two-semester course. Real data are used in the problems and case studies.

Dr. Gerald Keller is Emeritus Professor of Business at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he taught statistics, management science, and operations management from 1974 to 2011. He also taught at the University of Toronto, the University of Miami, McMaster University, the University of Windsor, and the Beijing Institute of Science and Technology. In addition to consulting with banks on credit scoring and credit card fraud, Dr. Keller has conducted market surveys for the Canadian government on energy conservation. His books include BSTAT, 2e, APPLIED STATISTICS WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL, ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS STATISTICS (co-authored), AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS STATISTICS (co-authored), and STATISTICS LABORATORY MANUAL EXPERIMENTS USING MINITAB. Dr. Keller also has been published in OMEGA, IIE TRANSACTIONS, DECISION SCIENCES, INFOR, ECONOMICS LETTERS, and ARCHIVES OF SURGERY.

Ph.D., University of Alberta