Douglas A. Lind,
Coastal Carolina University William G. Marchal,
University of Toledo Samuel A. Wathen,
Coastal Carolina University
ISBN: 0072983965 Copyright year: 2006
Feature Summary
Visual Statistics, a statistical software tool to analyze data, is included free on the Student CD-ROM. Students will benefit from the ability to illustrate the affects of manipulating statistical data for better interpretation of concepts.
Excel, MegaStat for Excel, and Minitab "screencam tutorials" provide students with a personal walkthrough with voice over showing how to use these programs for doing statistics. Students can run these with literally one click and have a complete tutotial for review.
More real world data and scenarios are used in exercises and examples providing students with more realistic and relevant applications and motivation. Optional computer exercises and web-based exercise allow students to use technology and the World Wide Web for very current information and data for projects at the direction of the instructor.
Statistics in Action boxes (2 per chapter) provide additional short yet enriching readings on business and economics as well as the history and development of the field.
Web exercises related to companies, markets, government organizations, and university data sets enhance students' facility and with and use of data. Instructors and students will find these web exercises and data sets useful because they allow the student to experiment with real world examples, and apply their statistical knowledge in up-to-date applications. They also afford students to gain more comfort and familiarity with the vast resources available on the web.
A Pronunciation Key listing the math symbol, its meaning, and how to pronounce it follows at the end of chapter. This helps students gain confidence in the language of statistics and retain the meaning of the symbol. (It also helps a student understand the professor's lectures when new symbols, etc. are introduced).
Basic Statistics for Business and Economics provides a short and understandable, step by step approach. Based on the more complete Statistical Techniques for Business and Economics, Basic has the same style and content coverage, just in a shorter package without some of the optional chapters. It covers what most courses do- but nothing else.
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