Designed for the one-term introduction to business statistics course with a college algebra prerequisite, this text places emphasis on data and the common techniques and methods used to analyze them in business. It introduces concepts using practical examples and illustrates them with computer output from MINITAB, Systat, Execustat, Microsoft® Excel and other software packages. Review problems requiring students to use previously learned concepts also appear throughout to promote understanding of the relationships among statistical methods.
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"This book is excellent overall in terms of topics covered, clarity and organization, reasonable brevity (necessary for shorter courses), great examples of statistical output from a many different types of statistical software, and the degree to which it illustrates a wide range of business applications. It also serves as a great reference for students after the introductory course is over. I think it superior to its competitors on these dimensions."
"What do you view to be the three key strengths of the text? Clear and lucid explanation of key concepts. Brevity and conciseness of treatment - a systematic and structured approach to explaining the concepts well, and thereby not testing student patience! The overall organization of the text in terms of the Definition Boxes, Example Boxes, Summary of key concepts at the start of each chapter, and overall flow of topics."
"What do you view to be the three key strengths of the text? Its inclusion of a fair number of modeling problems, its math level (more mature than college algebra), and its coverage of regression." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
"What do you view to be the three key strengths of the text? Clear and lucid explanation of key concepts. Brevity and conciseness of treatment - a systematic and structured approach to explaining the concepts well, and thereby not testing student patience! The overall organization of the text in terms of the Definition Boxes, Example Boxes, Summary of key concepts at the start of each chapter, and overall flow of topics."
"What do you view to be the three key strengths of the text? Its inclusion of a fair number of modeling problems, its math level (more mature than college algebra), and its coverage of regression." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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The late David Hildebrand earned his Ph.D. at Carnegie-Mellon University, and was affiliated with the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Don't be misled by title and lack of description,
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This review is from: Basic Statistical Ideas for Managers (with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)
I bought this book thinking that it contains all answers for the problem. This book is thin and only contains limited number of answers. It skips lots of answers for the problem. It'll be good if you want to do selected problem, but it's not good if you need answers for every questions. It's over $50, and it's not worth it. Fortunately, my professor gives class whole answers from Instructor manual.
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Throw you money in the street,
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This review is from: Basic Statistical Ideas for Managers (with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)
This book is brutal - poorly written, bad examples. I was asked by someone forced to use this book for a class for help. We ended up using my old stats book to actually understand the concepts.
If you have a choice between buying this book or throwing your money in the street - take the street option - at least that's quick and painless. In the end either option will leave you with the exact same understanding of basic statistics.
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Great books,
By Jay Chiang (Los Angeles, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Basic Statistical Ideas for Managers (with CD-ROM) (Hardcover)
Nothing really special, you have to buy it if your course require it.
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