Fundamentals Of Business Statistics 2nd Edition

Fundamentals of Business Statistics is intended to serve as a core textbook for undergraduate students of BBA, BCA, B Com and CA, ICWA and those who need to understand the basic concepts of business statistics and apply results directly to real-life business problems. The book also suits the requirement of students of AMIE, who need both theoretical and practical knowledge of business statistics. The second edition has been extensively revised with the objective of enhancing and strengthening the conceptual, as well as practical knowledge of readers about various techniques of business statistics. Its easy-to-understand approach will enable readers to develop the required skills and apply statistical techniques to decision-making problems. With a completely new look and feel, this book will facilitate the teaching of business statistics techniques as well as enhance the learning experience for students. New in This Edition • Completely revised and reorganized text to make explanations more cogent through relevant and interesting examples. • Large number of new business-oriented solved as well as practice problems representing the various business statistics techniques. • Explanations well illustrated with numerous interesting and varied business-oriented examples. • Pedagogical features like Conceptual Questions, Self Practice Problems with Hints and Answers. • Complete conformity to the latest trends of questions appearing in universities and professional examinations.

Trust the latest version of this market-leading essentials text to introduce sound statistical methodology in a proven applications setting. "Fundamentals of Business Statistics, 6th edition, International Edition" includes all of the strengths of the best-selling parent text, with a streamlined focus on the core topics and a concise presentation that is easy for students to follow. This reader-friendly introduction to business statistics offers a wealth of real-world examples, proven methods, and application exercises that clearly demonstrate how statistics can inform decisions and suggest solutions to contemporary business problems. The authors' signature problem-scenario approach and numerous exercises in every chapter show students how to apply statistical methods in practical business situations. In addition, the sixth edition includes new case problems, methods, applications, and self-test exercises to help students' master key formulas and apply their knowledge. Optional updated chapter appendices highlight Excel[registered] 2007 and Minitab[registered] 15 popular commercial software, giving you the choice of integrating or omitting computer coverage in your course. This edition's concise approach and comprehensive support package, now including CengageNOW course management system, provides everything you need for an effective statistics course that prepares students for the essentials of statistics success in business today.

The second edition of Business Statistics, continues to retain the clear, crisp pedagogy of the first edition. It now adds new features and an even stronger emphasis on practical, applied statistics that will enhance the text's ability in developing decision-making ability of the reader. In this edition, efforts have been made to assist readers in converting data into useful information that can be used by decision-makers in making more thoughtful, information-based decisions.

In this edition, efforts have been made to assist readers in converting data into useful information that can be used by decision-makers in making more thoughtful, information-based decisions.

(Black & White version) Fundamentals of Business was created for Virginia Tech's MGT 1104 Foundations of Business through a collaboration between the Pamplin College of Business and Virginia Tech Libraries. This book is freely available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10919/70961 It is licensed with a Creative Commons-NonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 license.

Printed in color. Introductory Business Statistics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. Core statistical concepts and skills have been augmented with practical business examples, scenarios, and exercises. The result is a meaningful understanding of the discipline, which will serve students in their business careers and real-world experiences.