Introduction to Business Statistics (with Student CD-ROM) | 
 enlarge | Author: Ronald M. Weiers
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 464031
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 6
Pages: 880
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 8.1 x 1.6
ISBN: 0324381433
Dewey Decimal Number: 310
EAN: 9780324381436
ASIN: 0324381433
Publication Date: February 27, 2007
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Product Description
If you've ever felt intimidated or a little overwhelmed by business statistics, or if you simply want to master the power of these critical business skills, this book is for you. Weiers' INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS STATISTICS, 6E speaks to you today's student introducing the fundamentals of business statistics in a conversational language and application setting that you can easily understand. Proven learning aids woven throughout the text, outstanding illustrations, and hundreds of examples build upon familiar, real-life experiences to help you develop a solid understanding of key statistical concepts. You'll discover how to use the statistical software most often chosen for business today. Also, you'll learn how to complete hand calculations and Excel applications and when it's best to use each. To further your understanding of today's statistics, a powerful online learning system CengageNOW helps you maximize your study time and efficiently complete homework with tutorials and interactive learning tools designed to focus specifically on the areas you individually need to master for business statistics success.
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 Probably more than you will need December 22, 2006
Steve Grey (Bahamas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The college I teach in replaced this book with another, widely accepted book with a simiar name. This was two years ago, and yet the instructors still keep this book to use for examples, and we would like it back as the book of choice. It stands head and shoulders above most of the competition.
My students are mainly business majors, not mathematicians, and this book is 100% suited to this type of application. The examples are 'real world' that actually explain where a particular concept or distribution may be used. In essence-this book covers everything you'll need and then some...
If I DO have a couple of 'moans' about the book, it gets a bit too 'in depth' in some areas, way more than the average business student would ever need, and also the CD, which is a bit of a waste of time, dealing with data files for Excel and Minitab. There are no 'REAL' learning tools.
I heartily recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn the subject at their own pace. It's expensive, and the prior versions contain about the same stuff, just in a cheaper package. There have been no real 'breakthroughs' in Stats in the last few decades, so the subject matter is pretty much unchanged. As the adage goes "You pays yer money and takes yer choice"- a few 'dog-eared' pages won't kill you!
 lacking, poorly structured December 15, 2005
James W. Wells
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This text is geared toward the 'business student' and assumes minimal amounts of prior math (the general prerequisite is a semester of college algebra). That said, this text is very poorly structured which can lead to a general frustration when reading it. The main 'flaw' are the 'applications boxes' that appear quite often. The 'boxes' tend to be in the middle of a discussion on math - and take up half the page. As the authors run out of real world examples, they make people up (and tell you the photo is real, the guy is fake in his quotes).
My issue with this book has to do with the approach to statistics. This book could easily be condensed to 200-300 pages and nothing would be lost - you'd gain from a cheaper text. The CD is not worth anything - it just contains data files from problems that are completely worked out in the book. There is very little mathematical rigor - the emphasis is on an applied, formula memorization approach. Another problem is that some important (tested) topics are mentioned in two sentences.
The solution manual is not worth getting - I had an instructor who posted the word version of it. Instead of actually going through the steos to reach the answer, the approach is essentially to give you the answer and nothing else. It's not at all helpful.
I realize this is a required text for most of you, but you would do well to purchase a used copy and avoid the solutions manual.
Great Service! September 28, 2005
E. Gorman (Blackwood, NJ)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
The condition of the book was great(like new). Seemed like I turned around after ordering and the book arrived it was so quick. My only issue was that it was the wrong edition and that might have been me not paying attention to the sellers description. So make sure you do that. Otherwise, great service!
The best statistics book ever May 18, 2000
M. Steenbergen (The Netherlands)
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
Finally a statistics book that isn't just a math book with no practical implication.This book really helped me at my job to make decision calculations.
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