Statistics for Management and Economics (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) [Hardcover]

Gerald Keller (Author), Brian Warrack (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0534391869 | ISBN-13: 978-0534391867 | Publication Date: July 1, 2002 | Edition: 6

STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS is the worldwide best selling business statistics text. It is currently being used at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout the world. This text teaches students how to apply statistics to real business problems through the authors' unique three-step approach to problem solving. Students learn to IDENTIFY the right technique by focusing on the relationship between the problem and data type. They then learn to COMPUTE the answer either by hand, using Excel, or using MINITAB. Finally, they INTERPRET the results in the context of the problem. This approach enhances student comprehension as well as practical skills, and offers maximum flexibility to instructors wishing to teach concepts by hand or with the computer, or by using both hand and computer methods.

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About the Author

Dr. Gerald Keller is Professor of Business at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he has taught statistics, management science, and operations management since 1974. He also has taught at the University of Toronto, the University of Miami, McMaster University, the University of Windsor, and the Beijing Institute of Science and Technology. Dr. Keller has consulted with banks on credit scoring and credit card fraud and has conducted market surveys for the Canadian government on energy conservation. The author of APPLIED STATISTICS WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL, Dr. Keller has also been published in OMEGA, IIE TRANSACTIONS, DECISION SCIENCES, INFOR, ECONOMICS LETTERS, and ARCHIVES OF SURGERY.

Dr. Brian Warrack: After teaching in the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of Alberta, Dr. Warrack joined Wilfrid Laurier University, where he has taught courses in corporate finance, investment management, statistics, and decision analysis. He also has published several articles and cases in these areas. His current research interest lies in financial markets. Dr. Warrack also is co-author of PROXIMITY SPACES.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 912 pages
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub; 6 edition (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0534391869
• ISBN-13: 978-0534391867
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,483,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Bible, January 29, 2004

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Hermann J. Stern - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistics for Management and Economics (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac) (Hardcover)

This book became my statistics bible. After never attending any statistics classes at the University, I was suddenly forced to work with multiple regressions at work. This book helped me understand all about statistics that I needed for my business purposes. The examples are very helpfull to understand what the tests actually do and how you can solve your own inference problems. I read the whole book in about 10 days (2 hours a day) at the beach and now work mainly with the overviews in the last chapters when I have a problem to solve at work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good introduction to statistics, August 4, 2004

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M. MCCOLLOM (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Statistics for Management and Economics (Paperback)

I found the book remarkably clear and instructive. It was the textbook for an MBA statistics course. Fortunately the book was much better than the teacher, so that by primarily ignoring the confused musings of the professor, and reading and working the exercises in the book, I was able to get an A in the class, and, more importantly, understand statistical principles and applications. I worked with the 6th edition. I now use the book as a reference for my work activities as well.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy what the textbook already gives you, December 10, 2008

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Decaf Earl (Coraopolis, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistics for Management and Economics ( student solutions manual) (Paperback)

The explanations of the problems in the 7th Edition textbook are accurate, as they should be, since both are by Keller. Problem is, the answer guide only gives you answers to the odd-numbered problems - answers to the same problems are in the back of the textbook this is intended to accompany!! Total ripoff.
I'm glad I bought this used and only paid a few dollars.