Doing Statistics for Business with Excel: Data, Inference, and Decision Making [With CDROM]

by Marilyn K. Pelosi and Theresa M. Sandifer

Book Overview

This book teaches students how to do statistics and how to use statistics as a tool for making intelligent, informed decisions. Doing Statistics For Business, Second Edition is data driven, emphasizing statistical reasoning, interpretation, and decision-making with an emphasis is on comparison and interpretation rather than rote calculation. The cases are based on real business situations and data that are relevant to student life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471408298
• ISBN13: 9780471408291
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 912 Pages
• Weight: 4.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.8" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book for those who are not Mathematically Inclined

I used this book for an undergrad economic stats course. The book is not based on technical concepts, that is to say, not all about the numbers. The book uses storylines to explain the statistics concepts. The exercises are helpful as well. One thing to note though, the text uses minitab extensively in the regression chapters etc when the book came with "kaddstat" for excel. Overall, I would say this book is best for those who do not enjoy reading technical mathematics (focusing on forumulas, etc). This book is more for those who are always asking "why am I learning this"..."what is the real world application of this stuff? "