Statistics for Business: Decision Making and Analysis

For one- and two-semester courses in introductory business statistics. Understand Business. Understand Data. The 3rd Edition of Statistics for Business: Decision Making and Analysis emphasizes an application-based approach, in which readers learn how to work with data to make decisions. In this contemporary presentation of business statistics, readers learn how to approach business decisions through a 4M Analytics decision making strategy-motivation, method, mechanics and message-to better understand how a business context motivates the statistical process and how the results inform a course of action. Each chapter includes hints on using Excel, Minitab Express, and JMP for calculations, pointing the reader in the right direction to get started with analysis of data. Also available with MyLab Statistics MyLab(TM) Statistics from Pearson is the world's leading online resource for teaching and learning statistics; it integrates interactive homework, assessment, and media in a flexible, easy-to-use format. MyLab Statistics is a course management system that helps individual students succeed. It provides engaging experiences that personalize, stimulate, and measure learning for each student. Tools are embedded to make it easy to integrate statistical software into the course. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab(TM)does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab, search for: 013450867X / 9780134508672 Statistics for Business: Decision Making and Analysis Plus MyLab Statistics with Pearson eText Package consists of: 0134497163 / 9780134497167 Statistics for Business: Decision Making and Analysis 032192147X / 9780321921475 MyLab Statistics for Business Statistics -- Glue-In Access Card 0321929713 / 9780321929716 MyLab Statistics for Business Statistics Sticker