Say goodbye to dry presentations, grueling formulas, and abstract theories that would put Einstein to sleep -- now there's an easier way to master the disciplines you really need to know. McGraw-Hill's Demystified Series teaches complex subjects in a unique, easy-to-absorb manner, and is perfect for users without formal training or unlimited time. They're also the most time-efficient, interestingly written "brush-ups" you can find. Organized as self-teaching guides, they come complete with key points, background information, questions at the end of each chapter, and even final exams. You'll be able to learn more in less time, evaluate your areas of strength and weakness and reinforce your knowledge and confidence. This self-teaching guide brings business statistics down to an understandable level, using practical examples. Coverage includes: probability, analysis of variance, designed experiments, preparing statistical reports, basic statistical procedures, and much more.
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YOU CAN COUNT ON BUSINESS STATISTICS DEMYSTIFIED!
"If I had Business Statistics Demystified in school, I would have passed business statistics the first time, instead of having to retake the course twice. I find Business Statistics Demystified easy to follow and apply." -- Anne Englert, M.Ed.
Learn the statistics that makes for good business decisions. Now anyone who wants to improve business performance can master statistics -- without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius I.Q. In Business Statistics Demystified, top-notch statistical programmer Steve Kemp and business author Sid Kemp team up to provide an effective, painless way to learn or review the statistics that can help ensure your business success.
With Business Statistics Demystified, you master the subject one simple step at a time -- at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide offers quizzes at the end of each chapter, an exam for each section, as well as handy hints and tips to help you master terminology, concepts, and equations.
Here's a fast, easy-to-use self-teaching course that gives you everything you need to: Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for those with some statistical background, Business Statistics Demystified is your direct route to learning or brushing up on statistics and boosting your career.
* Become the "can-do" new manager who reads, evaluates, uses, and creates statistical studies and reports
* Use statistics for customer and human resources surveys, forecasting, quality management, and more
* See how business and statistics come together in the real world with "Tips on Terms," "Study Review," and "Survival Strategies"
* Pick up practical tips and rules of thumb and avoid mistakes
* Understand when to use each type of statistical graph, and how to create each one
* Take a "final exam" in each section and grade it yourself!
About the Author
Steven M. Kemp, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he received his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1993 from the L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory. He has taught Statistics at the Master's level at the Nursing School at UNC/CH. Steve does research in such exotic areas as neural network simulations of behavior, situational evaluations of behavioral simulations, and abductive reasoning. He is the inventor of the InSitu testbed (www.InSituTestbed.org). In previous lives, he has worked in data processing, software development, technical writing, advertising, and retail. This is his first book. When not writing or researching, he is a computer programmer and statistical consultant. Steve lives south of town with his cat, Eureka. Those interested in Steve's research or personal life can browse his WebSite: http://www.unc.edu/~skemp/
Sid Kemp, PMP is a certified Project Management Professional and a leading expert in project management for information technology, with over 15 years of experience. He assists Fortune 500 companies and major governmental agencies in the deployment of new technology and in developing and deploying custom project management methodologies. Sid has trained thousands of first-time managers and team leaders in PM—in public, corporate, and government seminars. He has over 10 years of experience as a trainer and author of training programs. Sid is the author of two other McGraw-Hill books that may be of interest to readers of Business Statistics Demystified: Budgeting for Managers (2002) and Project Management Demystified (2004).
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Business Statistics Demystified makes use of analogies that helps in clearly getting the points across about the topics given in the book. It makes sure that the reader understands the points by using different analogies over and over again. It even includes an appendix that gives information on using basic math necessary for statistics along with further explanations on the topic of levels of measurements. This saves the trouble of having to rely on a whole lot of different resources for mathematical concepts used in statistics. The quizzes that focus on the chapters and the exams that focus on several chapters combined help to narrow down what is most important in learning this subject so that the reader does not get too overwhelmed with all the information. It features side bar notes throughout the book; here you will find important terms and definitions. The book explains the essentials in how to apply statistical studies to help in making important business decisions and what type of graph to use when preparing a report. The book is like a textbook written in an informal fashion which makes it easy enough to understand and it is worth every dollar spent. You cannot go wrong.
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I'm not too far into this book, and I am learning from it, but I found it very disconcerting that for the first two chapters, most of the quiz answers were just wrong.
The book would say something, the quiz repeated that language, but that was not the right answer.
Yes, you can get a corrected quiz answer sheet on the web.
However, authors have to approve the final gallies before they go to press. These authors had the chance to make sure the quiz answers were correct, and they didn't.
I'm not sure how much I can trust their information, and I'm going to find another book to make sure I pass the class I'm taking.
The book would say something, the quiz repeated that language, but that was not the right answer.
Yes, you can get a corrected quiz answer sheet on the web.
However, authors have to approve the final gallies before they go to press. These authors had the chance to make sure the quiz answers were correct, and they didn't.
I'm not sure how much I can trust their information, and I'm going to find another book to make sure I pass the class I'm taking.
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People in business want to make good decisions and implement them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
underlying simple events, quality checks today, female height distribution, simple experiments work, job applicant pool, frequentist probability, segmented bar chart, sturdy statistics, multiple bar chart, causal relationship between two events, statisticians talk, nonparametric statistical procedure, business statistics, wool merinos, free statistics, vertical bar chart Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Business Statistics Demystified, Common Statistical Measures, Statistics Without Numbers, Meaningful Statistics, Creating Surveys, Interval Distributional, Statistics Makes, Jack of Spades, None Equation, None Required, Corresponding None, King of Hearts, Sid Kemp New!
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People in business want to make good decisions and implement them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
underlying simple events, quality checks today, female height distribution, simple experiments work, job applicant pool, frequentist probability, segmented bar chart, sturdy statistics, multiple bar chart, causal relationship between two events, statisticians talk, nonparametric statistical procedure, business statistics, wool merinos, free statistics, vertical bar chart Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Business Statistics Demystified, Common Statistical Measures, Statistics Without Numbers, Meaningful Statistics, Creating Surveys, Interval Distributional, Statistics Makes, Jack of Spades, None Equation, None Required, Corresponding None, King of Hearts, Sid Kemp New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Project Management Demystified by Sid Kemp in Front Matter, page 121, and Back Matter
- Budgeting for Managers by Sid Kemp on page 119, page 121, and Back Matter
- How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff on page 9, and page 108
- A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Including a Life-Cycle Guide to Personal Investing by Burton G. Malkiel on page 327
- Flash Review: Introduction to Statistics by Sawyer in Back Matter
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- Project Management Demystified by Sid Kemp in Front Matter
- Six Sigma for Small Business by Greg Brue on page 149
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