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Introduction to Business Statistics (with Premium Web Site Printed Access Card)

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The college I teach in replaced this book with another, widely accepted book with a simiar name. This was two years ago, and yet the instructors still keep this book to use for examples, and we would like it back as the book of choice. It stands head and shoulders above most of the competition.
My students are mainly business majors, not mathematicians, and this book is 100% suited to this type of application. The examples are 'real world' that actually explain where a particular concept or distribution may be used. In essence-this book covers everything you'll need and then some...

If I DO have a couple of 'moans' about the book, it gets a bit too 'in depth' in some areas, way more than the average business student would ever need, and also the CD, which is a bit of a waste of time, dealing with data files for Excel and Minitab. There are no 'REAL' learning tools.

I heartily recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn the subject at their own pace. It's expensive, and the prior versions contain about the same stuff, just in a cheaper package. There have been no real 'breakthroughs' in Stats in the last few decades, so the subject matter is pretty much unchanged. As the adage goes "You pays yer money and takes yer choice"- a few 'dog-eared' pages won't kill you!

The used text book was in good condition and arrived with good packaging delivery. It did the job intended in learning and proved very useful to me in navigating Statistics information for small business and class assignments. It worked best with the plug-ins provided by our University and look forward to going into a 2010 text for more updates.

The structure of this book makes it fairly easy to page through and find what you need. It's easy to use and built for business majors (math-free). That said, I think it's too bad they didn't drop some of the different tests that most people will never use and spend more time explaining the concepts and math behind the tests.

The transaction was smooth. However, the book was advertised as having the CD, but did not. I informed the company, but they have not responded to date.

Delivered promply. Pricing was excellent. Was supposed to be used book, but looks new to me. Very Satisfied.

Came in within a week. The book was what they said it was. I recommend them!!

This text is geared toward the 'business student' and assumes minimal amounts of prior math (the general prerequisite is a semester of college algebra). That said, this text is very poorly structured which can lead to a general frustration when reading it. The main 'flaw' are the 'applications boxes' that appear quite often. The 'boxes' tend to be in the middle of a discussion on math - and take up half the page. As the authors run out of real world examples, they make people up (and tell you the photo is real, the guy is fake in his quotes).

My issue with this book has to do with the approach to statistics. This book could easily be condensed to 200-300 pages and nothing would be lost - you'd gain from a cheaper text. The CD is not worth anything - it just contains data files from problems that are completely worked out in the book. There is very little mathematical rigor - the emphasis is on an applied, formula memorization approach. Another problem is that some important (tested) topics are mentioned in two sentences.

The solution manual is not worth getting - I had an instructor who posted the word version of it. Instead of actually going through the steos to reach the answer, the approach is essentially to give you the answer and nothing else. It's not at all helpful.

I realize this is a required text for most of you, but you would do well to purchase a used copy and avoid the solutions manual.

Finally a statistics book that isn't just a math book with no practical implication.

This book really helped me at my job to make decision calculations.

The condition of the book was great(like new). Seemed like I turned around after ordering and the book arrived it was so quick. My only issue was that it was the wrong edition and that might have been me not paying attention to the sellers description. So make sure you do that. Otherwise, great service!