Practical Business Statistics 8th Edition
Author:Andrew F. Siegel (Author), Michael R. Wagner (Author)
Publisher finelybook 出版社:Academic Press
Edition 版本:8th edition
Publication Date 出版日期:2022-01-25
Language 语言:English
Print Length 页数:560pages
ISBN-10:0128200251
ISBN-13:9780128200254
Book Description
Practical Business Statistics, Eighth Edition, offers readers a practical, accessible approach to managerial statistics that carefully maintains, but does not overemphasize mathematical correctness. The book fosters deep understanding of both how to learn from data and how to deal with uncertainty, while promoting the use of practical computer applications. This trusted resource teaches present and future managers how to use and understand statistics without an overdose of technical detail, enabling them to better understand the concepts at hand and to interpret results.
The text uses excellent examples with real world data relating to business sector functional areas such as finance, accounting, and marketing. Written in an engaging style, this timely revision is class-tested and designed to help students gain a solid understanding of fundamental statistical principles without bogging them down with excess mathematical details.
- Provides users with a conceptual, realistic, and matter-of-fact approach to managerial statistics
- Offers an accessible approach to teach present and future managers how to use and understand statistics without an overdose of technical detail, enabling them to better understand concepts and to interpret results
- Features updated examples and images to illustrate important applied uses and current business trends
- Includes robust ancillary instructional materials such as an instructor’s manual, lecture slides, and data files
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Practical Business Statistics, Eighth Edition, offers readers a practical, accessible approach to managerial statistics that carefully maintains, but does not overemphasize mathematical correctness. The book fosters deep understanding of both how to learn from data and how to deal with uncertainty, while promoting the use of practical computer applications. This trusted resource teaches present and future managers how to use and understand statistics without an overdose of technical detail, enabling them to better understand the concepts at hand and to interpret results.
The text uses excellent examples with real world data relating to business sector functional areas such as finance, accounting, and marketing. Written in an engaging style, this timely revision is class-tested and designed to help students gain a solid understanding of fundamental statistical principles without bogging them down with excess mathematical details.
About the Author
Michael R. Wagner is an Associate Professor of Operations Management and a Neal and Jan Dempsey Endowed Faculty Fellow at the Michael G. Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Seattle. His Ph.D. is in Operations Research from MIT (2006). He has taught data analytics at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and earned the Ron Crockett Award for Innovation in Education (2014). His articles have appeared in many publications, including the journals Management Science, Operations Research, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Mathematics of Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, IIE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, Operations Research Letters, Networks, Computers & Operations Research, and Transportation Science.