Basic Business Statistics: A Casebook [Paperback]

Dean P. Foster (Author), Robert A. Stine (Author), Richard P. Waterman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0387983546 | ISBN-13: 978-0387983547 | Publication Date: March 16, 1998

This book provides a set of case studies that can supplement any business statistics text. Developed at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, it is used for the beginning statistics course for MBA students. The casebook provides the latest in data analysis techniques, and includes a discussion of JMP and Minitab commands.

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"The manuscripts are divided into "classes" which tackle various statistical concepts. Material becomes increasingly complex as the data in later sections exhibit multiple deviations from ideal conditions. The casebooks use a combination of explanatory text and software output to guide the student. Almost no mathematics appears in these volumes; the authors make traditional texts available to their students who are curious about the technical details...I anticipate students will wholeheartedly endorse the FSW casebooks. The material is easy to digest as, for instance, the authors cleverly interweave probability, the standard error of the mean, and control charts. The casebooks effectively relay the message that statistics is relevant and doable. Ideally, that is the message that should be sent in all introductory business statistics courses." Marlene Smith, University of Colorado-Denver

Product Details

• Paperback: 260 pages
• Publisher: Springer (March 16, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0387983546
• ISBN-13: 978-0387983547
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,189,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for intro to statistics for MBAs, January 29, 2003

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T. Gerch (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Basic Business Statistics: A Casebook (Paperback)

This book is the book we use in our pre-term statistics class in the MBA program at Wharton. It is written by three Wharton stats professors. It is easy to read, but should used in conjunction with a statistical software program such as JMP. It is NOT a book for people trying to learn statistical formulae, etc. as this book focuses on concepts and using statistical software for analysis. There is a second book, used in the regular statistics class at Wharton, called "Business Analysis Using Regression" by the same authors for those who are comfortable with the concepts in this book.

2.0 out of 5 stars Basic Business Stats Case Book, March 21, 2010

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This review is from: Basic Business Statistics: A Casebook (Paperback)

The publication date on this casebook is about a decade ago and originally the data for the cases came in a format not easily used after download. They may have been updated to a more modern format but I was not successful in opening them.