Business Statistics : For Contemporary Decision Making [Hardcover]

Ken Black (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471705632 | ISBN-13: 978-0471705635 | Publication Date: January 11, 2005 | Edition: Updated 4th

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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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 864 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; Updated 4th edition (January 11, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471705632
• ISBN-13: 978-0471705635
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #687,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Simple....lots of examples!, January 14, 2006

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M. Fagheeh (Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Business Statistics : For Contemporary Decision Making (Hardcover)

i found the book very useful, interesting, full of real life examples, and written in "simple english" !!

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, September 2, 2009

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Edwin Marshal "Ed" (Philadelphia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Business Statistics : For Contemporary Decision Making (Hardcover)

By far the most convoluted and poorly formatted textbook I have ever had to use. Important concepts were not explained, and weird formatting of formulas (with no explanation) made it a challenge just to figure out what was written. Very little of the actual math was shown, and that which was did not clarify many issues.

To put sprinkles on the mud pie it cost $125 and wasn't even bound. I mean seriously, if I'm going to pay that much money for such a crappy textbook I at least shouldn't have to worry about losing pages because it's NOT BOUND.

What has the publishing industry come to?

0 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Business Statistics, February 23, 2006

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Vanya V. Chakarova "V. Chakarova" (Woburn, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Business Statistics : For Contemporary Decision Making (Hardcover)

I ordered the book few days before my class start and I received it two weeks after. Along with this book I had ordered some others from other people and I received all of them pretty fast. That was very very slow shipping from Amazon.com.
Not satisfied at all!