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Introduction to Business Statistics (One Semester) [CORE TEXTS] (Business Statistics)

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For one semester courses in Business Statistics

Levine, Krehbiel and Berenson have teamed up once again to present statistical concepts for today’s business student.

The fifth edition of this text continues to provide students with lots of classroom examples, homework exercises, case studies, and business software but has updated these features in order to better relate to today’s student.

Features

L> MyStatLab.

Using Statistics in Business Scenarios: This text covers the importance of statistics in different functional areas of business such as:

Accounting
Finance
Information Systems
Management
Marketing

Students need a frame of reference when learning statistics, especially when it’s not their major. Business Statistics: A First Course teaches students how statistics are used in each functional area of business in a briefer, one-semester format. Using Statistics chapter scenarios show students how each functional area of business uses statistics by creating realistic business scenarios showing statistics at work. More Visual scenarios open the chapters and then integrated in the chapter using data around each scenario.

NEW - MYStatLab - New for this edition

MyStatLab courses uses the rock solid Pearson MathXL technology for online tutorial and howmework exercises that regenerate algorithmically for unlimited practice and mastery. MyStatLab courses also include essay questions that can be assigned for online tests and quizzes and other resources designed specifically to help students succeed in Statistics. Use this proven technology to help you and your students succeed.

Example Driven - Applied Homework

The fifth edition of this text continues to provides many student focused examples in each chapter providing students with multiple opportunities to study a concept, and prepare to solve homework problems. Each chapter features the authors' trademark, applied homework sets, designed with real-life situations.

Brevity: The authors created a comprehensive business statistics text to be used and effectively explained in the course of one semester.

Balanced Coverage of Excel and Minitab: The use of computer software is an integral part of learning statistics. This text focuses on analyzing data by interpreting the results from either Microsoft Excel or Minitab. By providing both software options, professors can choose which program they would like to use in their course.

NEW! Expanded Hands-on Software Appendices:

Excel: Completely rewritten Excel appendices contain instructions for using all versions of Excel, including Excel 2007. (Some sections contain two sets of instructions, one for using Excel 97 through 2003, the other for 2007 where appropriate).
Minitab: These appendicesfeature the use of Minitab 15, the latest Minitab version (They also are also fully compatible with Minitab 14).
PHStat2: At the end of each chapter these appendices identify the PHStat2 procedures that can be used for chapter’s statistical methods.
NEW! PHStat2 Version 2.8: This Excel 2007 compatible appendix contains new and enhanced procedures including the separate-variance t test and one-way ANOVA.

Case Studies and Team Projects: By providing case studies for discussion, this text encourages students to look beyond the analysis of statistical data in order to see how it pertains to real-world business situations.

Web Cases: These cases teach students how to examine real companies in order to analyze the statistical data and apply the concepts they have learned.

New To This Edition

NEW! Expanded Hands-on Software Appendices:

Excel: Completely rewritten Excel appendices contain instructions for using all versions of Excel, including Excel 2007. (Some sections contain two sets of instructions, one for using Excel 97 through 2003, the other for 2007 where appropriate)
Minitab: The appendicesfeature the use of Minitab 15, the latest Minitab version (These appendices are also fully compatible with Minitab 14)
PHStat2: At the end of each chapter these appendices identify the PHStat2 procedures that can be used for chapter’s statistical methods.
NEW! PHStat2 Version 2.8: This Excel 2007 compatible appendix contains new and enhanced procedures including the separate-variance t test and one-way ANOVA.

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction and Data Collection

2. Presenting Data in Tables and Charts

3. Numerical Descriptive Measures

4. Basic Probability

5. Some Important Discrete Probability Distributions

6. The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions

7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions

8. Confidence Interval Estimation

9. Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing

10. Two Sample Tests and One-Way Anova

11. Chi-Square Tests

12. Simple Linear Regression

13. Multiple Regression

14. Statistical Applications in Quality Management
Self-Test Solutions and Answers to Selected Even-Numbered Problems
Index

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Business Statistics, 6/E
Levine, Krehbiel, Berenson & Stephan
©2013 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 624 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132807262 | ISBN-13: 9780132807265
Net price: $150.00 (What's this?)Brief Description |
For one semester courses in business statistics.

A student-friendly approach that shows how statistics work in each area of business.

Students need a frame of reference when learning statistics, especially when it’s not their major. Business Statistics: A First Course teaches students how statistics are used in each functional area of business in a briefer, one-semester format.

The sixth edition has been updated to reflect the latest data and information, and now includes a new problem-solving framework to help guide students through the material.

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Business Statistics, 6/E
Levine, Krehbiel, Berenson & Stephan
©2013 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 624 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132807262 | ISBN-13: 9780132807265
Net price: $150.00 (What's this?)Brief Description |
For one semester courses in business statistics.

A student-friendly approach that shows how statistics work in each area of business.

Students need a frame of reference when learning statistics, especially when it’s not their major. Business Statistics: A First Course teaches students how statistics are used in each functional area of business in a briefer, one-semester format.

The sixth edition has been updated to reflect the latest data and information, and now includes a new problem-solving framework to help guide students through the material.

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Business Statistics, 6/E
Levine, Krehbiel, Berenson & Stephan
©2013 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 624 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132807262 | ISBN-13: 9780132807265
Net price: $150.00 (What's this?)Brief Description |
For one semester courses in business statistics.

A student-friendly approach that shows how statistics work in each area of business.

Students need a frame of reference when learning statistics, especially when it’s not their major. Business Statistics: A First Course teaches students how statistics are used in each functional area of business in a briefer, one-semester format.

The sixth edition has been updated to reflect the latest data and information, and now includes a new problem-solving framework to help guide students through the material.

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