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Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel, Fourth Edition

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This book was used as a text in Quantitative Methods for an online MBA. The book does a very good job of explaining statistical terms, provides lots of good examples, case studies, and worked problems.

It is strongly supported by Prentice-Hall's website. The companion Excel add-in, PhStat, is a very useful tool, so useful in fact that it alone is worth the purchase price. Databases are predesigned for text problems to illustrate specifica applications.

This is a textbook, not an "Idiot's Guide" to statistics. It does what it is intended to do very well, providing a great background for managers who will use statistics in their work.

The only caveat I would add is that due to the interactive nature of the book with the software, its contents would be difficult to digest for people who don't want to take the time to work out examples.

It is a good book if you want to get some excel skills rather than some statistic principles. It is helpful for practicle usage without needs to understand the underlying statistics principles. Honestly, the statistic parts in this book is quite like high school.

This book is great to use. Just follow the example and practices. Statistics is not for everyone, patience is the key. You'll have to understand what the meaning of each symbol mean before you can calculate. A good teacher is recommended.

I purchased this book as a requirement for my statistics class in the MBA program a few years ago. The textbook does not provide lengthy explanations or theories behind the methods but does provide excellent examples and solves problems showing each step. In addition to the book, the accompanying PhStat Excel add-in is excellent and very easy to use. The Excel add-in is also very handy should you need statistics in `real-life' (must better than whipping out a book). These two elements combined with an excellent teacher can be very effective. As with any statistics book, if you are not mathematically inclined, this book may seem difficult to understand.

This book is mind-numbing, as are statistics in general. The authors used a lot of words to communicate their message, taking you "all around the mountain" to get where you need to be. You must do a lot of filtering while reading to get to the subject matter and understand the concepts.

this is one of the worst books I have ever encountered. if you actually want to LEARN statistics or any kind of math analysis, stay clear from this book. Conceptual explanation of the material is ABSENT. you will not learn anything except how to follow certain directions on excel. if you want to be more than just a low level manager who just follows directions, but one who actually wants to MAKE directions, then this book is not for you.

Really, this book is horrible.

This book is not written with the student in mind. Your best bet - go to the library and pick up additional basic statistics books to aid in your understanding of the concepts and formulas.

I buy two of this books and both books did not come with the CD programs
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This book was not written by statistitions, rather by math teachers. Concepts are hard to grasp and the material is very dry.
Very poorly explained. Makes even measures of center something very easy into something utterly hard to grasp with their examples.
stay clear from this book.