Business Statistics in Practice [with Student CD-ROM]

by McGraw-Hill Education

This text delivers clear and understandable explanations of business statistics concepts through the use of case studies and examples that reflect real applications of statistics relevant to business students. The richness and relevance of the data sets used to demonstrate statistical concepts sets this book apart from its competitors. Bowerman/ O'Connell/ Hand (BOH) also provides a fresh technology perspective. Excel and minitab output is included in the text to help students visualize concepts, and the coverage of the Internet included in the book is second to none.

Genres: Reference, Textbooks

Hardcover

First published September 1, 2000

About the author

McGraw-Hill Education traces its history back to 1888 when James H. McGraw, co-founder of the company, purchased the American Journal of Railway Appliances. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The McGraw Publishing Company in 1899. His co-founder, John A. Hill, had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, The Hill Publishing Company.

In 1909 both men agreed upon an alliance and combined the book departments of their publishing companies into The McGraw-Hill Book Company. John Hill served as President, with James McGraw as Vice-President. 1917 saw the merger of the remaining parts of each business into The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Inc.

Reviews

[Camly Nguyen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Can you make it even more complicated?

[Andrew Dobrow · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book somehow found a way to make college-level statistics even more complicated. I had much better luck using free resources found around the web.

[Justin Jaeger · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the companion reference for a statistics course in my MBA program. While the professor tested exclusively on his lectures, the book provided a unique resource that could assist with general class comprehension and served as a bilingual (Math and English) translator that could provide a different perspective on concepts to assist with learning. The professor insisted the book was unimportant for the class, but I regularly went back to it to fully understand and restate my statistics confusions.

Also, it's pretty dense material. Without a basis for understanding advanced math, much of this textbook would seem like gibberish. It's when it's used as a targeted reference that this text excels.

[Xinru Deng · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hated everything about numbers, business, and finance.

[Kevin Vejrup · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lærerig bog med mange eksempler. Kan benyttes til opslag om sampling, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, regressioner og decision theory m.m. Se særligt for gennemgang til Excel.