Statistics for Business

Statistics for Business explains the fundamentals of statistical analysis in a lucid, pragmatic way. A thorough knowledge of statistics is essential for decision making in all corners of business and management. By collecting, organising and analysing statistical data you can express what you know, benchmark your current situation and estimate future outcomes.

The book is packed with features to aid understanding and help ensure that every aspect of your knowledge of statistics is applicable to practice. The contents are entirely based on MS Excel, with all the statistical functions to use clearly referenced. Using this book, in fact, will teach you to use Excel. Exercises accompany every chapter to help you test your understanding. It also includes a detailed glossary and a review section of the mathematical terms you’ll need to return to.

New to this edition:

Over 200 new, worked examples, supported by an online database

A brand new companion website including Powerpoint slides for each chapter, complete worked solutions in Excel for all exercises in the book, and additional cases

New chapters on decision making and risk, quality, six-sigma and exponential distributions

All new content remains in the clear, accessible style that makes statistics easier to understand. This formula-driven, applied textbook is ideal for business and management students that need to learn how to apply statistics to the real world.