Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel (Updated Version) (Paperback)

by David M. Levine (Author), Mark L. Berenson (Author), David Stephan (Author)

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Designed for either one-semester or two-semester introductory business statistics course at the undergraduate or graduate level. This is the first business statistics text designed specifically to use Microsoft Excel as a means of teaching statistical business applications. Provides streamlined coverage of a range of statistical topics with a managerial focus. The UPDATED VERSION will contain: 1.) a new chapter on Decision Analysis (Ch. 14); 2.) Excel 97 (8.0) supplement - this supplement consists of four parts; 3.) A disk which contains fully developed Excel worksheets for all Excel examples/problems in the book. These are all ready-to-use and completely documented. PLUS, we have enhanced the text with 18 of the most commonly used worksheets which have been automated. This allows the user to solve examples/problems of any size all with the click of a button.

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This is the first business text designed specifically to use Microsoft Excel as a means of teaching statistical business applications. Provides streamlined coverage of a range of statistical topics with a managerial focus. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 841 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (November 24, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130950718
• ISBN-13: 978-0130950710
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,181,536 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Is this really an EXCEL based book?, June 3, 2000

By	Akram Najjar "anajjar" (Beirut, Lebanon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

While I used the first edition of this book (1997) with delight and great admiration, I was disappointed when I bought the second edition (1999). The main reason was that the authors had indicated in a small top right hand corner on the cover that the book uses PHSTAT as an an Excel Add In. (Not very useful for online purchases). Amazon mentioned PHSTAT in one review as an "Add In included on the CD", ie, it seemed optional. The examples solved in the 1st edition used native Excel methods. In edition 2, they were solved using PHSTAT. All screen captures, worksheets, etc, were in PHSTAT. If one does not wish to use PHSTAT, the second edition would not be useful at all. It would have been leading (Opposite of misleading) to entitle the book "Statistics for Managers Using PHSTAT, an Excel Add In". I am hence confused about the number of stars : first edition : 5 and second edition only 1.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel, October 13, 2000

By	Andrew J. Lager (Henderson, Nevada USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

As a [MBA]graduate student taking my second statistics class the book is tremendously easy reading but has multiple "typos" where answers are posted incorrectly in the back or not at all. The PH Stats disk has flaws that prevent it from executing certain histograms, Pareto charts and other activities. Once the "bugs" are worked out of the PH Stats CD, it will be useful. The CD does work well but, if you are not computer literate and cannot troubleshoot the issues, you could be more frustrated than you want. As for the text errors, be certain to purchase the Solutions Manual with the book so you can check, and obtain right answers, for a wider variety of problems. "2" is a reasonable rate for the content. The rest of the problems detract from the books overall objective.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for beginning to intermediate stats, October 2, 1998

By A Customer

I used this book in a first year MBA program and found it a great resource. Stat freaks complain that Excel is not SPSS - true! But many many more business people have access to Excel, along with a reasonable ability to do FAST basic statistics.