Offering a comprehensive, "step-by-step" approach to the subject, Business Statistics Using Excel, Second Edition, gives students the tools and skills they need to succeed in their coursework. FEATURES - "Techniques in Practice" exercises at the end of each chapter encourage self-assessment - Excel screenshots provide clear and helpful examples that illustrate how to apply Excel skills to business statistics - Full integration of Excel exercises and applications--both in the textbook and on the Companion Website--enable both classroom-led learning or self-directed study NEW TO THIS EDITION - Expanded coverage of probability and probability distributions - Updated checklists help students to link the skills to their own development portfolios - All chapters have been fully revised and updated to include additional examples, explanations, and discussion questions - Greater emphasis on employability skills, which enables students to contextualize their learning and also helps them to identify how these skills can be applied and valued in real business environments The accompanying Companion Website offers a variety of features: For students: - Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010 - Self-test multiple-choice questions - Data from the exercises in the book - Links to key websites - Online glossary - Revision tips - Visual walk-throughs - Numerical-skills workbook: New to the second edition, this online refresher course covering basic math and Microsoft Excel helps reinforce students' confidence in their mathematical ability For instructors: - Instructor's Manual containing a guide to structuring lectures and worked-out answers to exercises in the book - PowerPoint slides - A Testbank with thirty questions per chapter
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MODERN BUSINESS STATISTICS, 5E allows students to gain a strong conceptual understanding of statistics with a balance of real-world applications and a focus on the integrated strengths of Microsoft Excel 2013. To ensure student understanding, this best-selling, comprehensive text carefully discusses and clearly develops each statistical technique in a solid application setting.Microsoft Excel 2013 instruction, which is integrated in each chapter, plays an integral part in strengthening this edition's applications orientation. Immediately after each easy-to-follow presentation of a statistical procedure, a subsection discusses how to use Excel to perform the procedure. This integrated approach emphasizes the applications of Excel while focusing on the statistical methodology. Step-by-step instructions and screen captures further clarify student learning.A wealth of timely business examples, proven methods, and additional exercises throughout this edition demonstrate how statistical results provide insights into business decisions and present solutions to contemporary business problems. High-quality problems noted for their unwavering accuracy and the authors' signature problem-scenario approach clearly show how to apply statistical methods to practical business situations. New case problems and self-tests allow students to challenge their personal understanding. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Develop a strong conceptual understanding of statistics and its importance in business today with ESSENTIALS OF MODERN BUSINESS STATISTICS WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL, 8E. This best-selling essentials edition balances real-world applications with an integrated focus on the latest version of Microsoft Excel. A clear presentation develops each statistical technique in an application setting. You learn to master statistical methodology with an easy-to-follow presentation of a statistical procedure followed by a discussion of how to use Excel 2019 to perform the procedure. Step-by-step instructions and screen captures reinforce understanding. You also learn to use Excel Online and R. More than 140 new business examples and hundreds of application exercises show how statistics provide insights into today's business decisions and problems. A unique problem-scenario approach and new case problems further demonstrate how to apply statistical methods to practical business situations. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
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Applied Business Statistics for Business and Management using Microsoft Excel is the first book to illustrate the capabilities of Microsoft Excel to teach applied statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step exercise-driven guide for students and practitioners who need to master Excel to solve practical statistical problems in industry. If understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you are not especially mathematically-inclined, or if you are wary of computers, this is the right book for you. Excel, a widely available computer program for students and managers, is also an effective teaching and learning tool for quantitative analyses in statistics courses. Its powerful computational ability and graphical functions make learning statistics much easier than in years past. However, Applied Business Statistics for Business and Management capitalizes on these improvements by teaching students and practitioners how to apply Excel to statistical techniques necessary in their courses and workplace. Each chapter explains statistical formulas and directs the reader to use Excel commands to solve specific, easy-to-understand business problems. Practice problems are provided at the end of each chapter with their solutions.
Develop a strong conceptual understanding of statistics and its importance in business today with MODERN BUSINESS STATISTICS WITH MICROSOFT EXCEL, 7E. This best-selling, comprehensive edition balances real-world applications with an integrated focus on the latest version of Microsoft Excel. A clear presentation develops each statistical technique in an application setting. You master statistical methodology as each easy-to-follow explanation of a statistical procedure is followed by a discussion of how to use the latest Excel to perform the procedure. Step-by-step instructions and screen images reinforce understanding. For versatility, you also learn to use Excel Online and R. More than 160 new business examples, proven methods, and application exercises show how statistics provide insights into business decisions and problems. A unique problem-scenario approach emphasizes how to apply statistical methods to practical business situations, while new case problems let you check your understanding. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
