Statistics for Business and Economics (Hardcover)

by David R. Anderson (Author), Dennis J. Sweeney (Author), Thomas A. Williams (Author)

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"The textbook is very user-friendly (easy to read). The text has very good and useful real world problems. The computer applications using Microsoft Excel are a must for any business statistics course."

"Engaging examples and the relevant questions at the end of chapters. Clear and understandable. Intiutive explanations." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description
This market leading text offers a solid, comprehensive, applications-oriented approach. Written by authors who are well-known and highly regarded in the field, the text provides sound methodological development. The discussion and development of each technique is presented in an application setting, with the statistical results providing insights to decisions and solutions to problems. Statistics for Business and Economics, 8e offers proven accuracy that has led instructors to adopted it simply for its superior examples and exercises alone.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1008 pages
• Publisher: South-Western Educational Publishing; Bk&CD-Rom edition (June 8, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0324066716
• ISBN-13: 978-0324066715
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #661,270 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best text of first year MBA, February 11, 2005

By	R. Jon (Japan) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

Statistics is a mind-numbing subject. It's not easy, and not particularly exciting, either. This book doesn't exactly bring loads of fun to the subject, but it explains concepts well, provides pertinent examples, and offers plenty of useful practice problems.

The authors and publishers have paid particularly close attention to detail, ensuring, for instance, that all diagrams are on the same page as the concepts they elucidate. This may be a small thing to some, but I find it tiresome that with so many texts you are forced continually to flip back and forth from diagrams on one page to pertinent information on another.

I have a background in the Humanities and before the MBA stats course had not completed a math course since high school -- 20 years ago! (48th percentile quant GMAT!) My head was swimming after the first couple of lectures, but I sat down with this text, read it carefully, worked through ALL the problems, and received an A in the course. So far, I know of no other person that earned a full A, so the course was not a walk in the park. I believe that the one thing that differentiated me from the more capable quant jocks is that I spent plenty of quality time with the text.

If this is your textbook, you've got a good one. Use it well and good luck.

BTW, my one complaint is that the shiny paper reflects into your eyes under fluorescent lighting. Too bad almost all publishers, including this one, feel compelled to go with the glossy paper.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best book on the subject and the price......, August 30, 2005

By	Steve Grey "Steve Grey" (Bahamas) - See all my reviews

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

I teach Stats 201 (Introduction to Business Statistics) and for years I used the textbook by Wiers, which I feel is the best in it's field. After numerous obsrvations by my colleagues in the department, we hope that will be going back to the previous author's book after the current stock of this one runs out.

I find this book to be confusing, and it tends to jump around a lot rather than give a structured look at the process of learning Statistics. It pays little or no attention to the use of random numbers and the terminology is confusing.

Perhaps the biggest drawback with this book is the price- almost 150 bucks for a textbook is outrageous. Buy the previous edition used- the difference is minimal, the price difference is significant. Better still- buy the book on the same subject by Wiers. Don't just take my word- compare the two....it's just my opinion.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Very Helpful Book, February 5, 2002

By	Kenneth Longe (Hato Rey, PR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Statistics for Business and Economics with Student Test Review CD-ROM (Hardcover)

This is a definately worthwhile learning tool which can aid anyone who is attempting to tackle statistics for the first time. The methods and theories are concise, direct, and most of all, clearly stated. The authors bring you step by step through each procedure and then offer exercises to demonstrate the process while giving you the confidence to go on.

This book was puchased midway through the semester. At that time I was struggling to maintain a C average. With the help of this book I was able to close the semester with an 89% average.