Business Statistics: A Decision-Making Approach and Student CD Update Package (6th Edition)

For the 1 or 2 semester course in Business Statistics. This comprehensive, 17 chapter hardcover text builds student confidence by incorporating a step-by-step system for examples, exercises, and special review sections. This step-by-step framework allows students to learn by example, practice with extensive exercises that step-up in level of difficulty, and solidify their understanding of the concepts with special review sections as they prepare for their exams. It presents descriptive and inferential statistics with a rich assortment of business examples and real data with an emphasis on decision-making. There is emphasis on using statistical software as a tool, (featuring Excel and Minitab) with many examples presented in a software environment. A briefer version is also available called A Course in Business Statistics 4e.Kent D. Smith is the author of 'Business Statistics: A Decision-Making Approach and Student CD Update Package (6th Edition)', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131545885 and ISBN 0131545884.