Canadian content in examples, cases, exercises, and data sets. Relevant Canadian content illustrates the importance of statistics to business decision-making in Canada and helps to engage students.

Depth and breadth of exercises. One of the primary challenges students face in learning business statistics is their need to get enough “good” questions with which to practice the concepts. Bowerman offers a wealth of exercises that vary in approach and level. “Concepts” and “Methods and Applications” questions can be found at the end of each section, while Supplementary Exercises at the end of each chapter include problems and internet exercises. In addition, Lyryx offers a proven homework assessment solution that algorithmically generates an unlimited number of problems.

A unique continuity of presentation and use of case studies.Business Statistics in Practice features a unique continuity of presentation that integrates different statistical areas. This integration is achieved by an early emphasis (in Chapters 1 and 2) on the difference between the population and the sample and by a continuing use of practical, realistic case studies that span groups of chapters.

MINITAB, Excel, and MegaStat coverage (an Excel add-on package included on the text’s student CD-ROM) that stresses statistical interpretation and reflects the use of these packages in the real world.

Chapter Objectives help orient the student to each chapter’s learning outcomes.

Chapter Introductions offer a preview showing how the statistical topics to be discussed apply to real business problems. The continuing case examples that run throughout the book are briefly introduced along with the techniques that will be used to analyze them.

Case Studies span individual chapters and groups of chapters and are used to introduce the concepts, demonstrate the methods, and provide students with motivating exercises.

Business Improvement Icons in the margins indicate when important business improvement conclusions have been reached using statistical analysis.

Visual Statistics Icons in the margins identify whose concepts in the text that are treated in the Visual Statistics program available on the Student CD-ROM.

Excel/MINITAB/MegaStat Tutorials are available in the end-of-chapter appendices located on the Student CD-ROM.

Excel, MINITAB, and MegaStat Outputs throughout the text illustrate how statistical analysis is done electronically.

Exercises! Over 900 in the text, many of which use real data from the current business literature. The end-of-section and end-of-chapter exercises vary in rigour from routine calculations to fairly sophisticated case study analysis. Data sets on the Student CD-ROM are identified by icon in the text.

Chapter Ending Material includes a summary, glossary of terms, and important formula references to facilitate student review.