Statistics for Business and Economics - Hardcover

Anderson, David Ray; Sweeney, Dennis J.; Williams, Thomas A.

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9780314665003: Statistics for Business and Economics

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0314665005 ISBN 13: 9780314665003

Publisher: West Group, 1990

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This text offers an applications-oriented approach to and a methodological development of statistics for business and economics. 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. The new edition includes four new cases that emphasize managerial use and interpretation of statistics for a business approach, and self-test exercises enable students to check immediately their understanding of chapter content. The book has approximately 200 new problems based on real and referenced data to provide insight into today's world of statistics, and there are other added exercises and data throughout the text.

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About the Author:

Thomas A. Williams is Professor of Management Science in the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. Born in Elmira New York he earned his B.S. degree at Clarkson University. He did his graduate work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.

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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."

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