Business Statistics by Norean R. Sharpe, Paul F. Velleman, David Bock, Richard D. De Veaux

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  • Pub. Date: February 2009
  • 872pp
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    • Pub. Date: February 2009
    • Publisher: Addison Wesley
    • Format: Other Format, 872pp
    • Sales Rank: 324,506

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    Professors Norean Sharpe (Babson College), Dick De Veaux (Williams College), and Paul Velleman (Cornell University) have teamed up to provide an innovative new textbook for business statistics. These authors have taught at the finest business schools, and draw on their consulting experience at leading companies to show readers how statistical thinking is vital to modern decision making.  Managers make better business decisions when they understand statistics, and Business Statistics gives readers the statistical tools and understanding to take them from the classroom to the boardroom. Hundreds of examples are based on current events and timely business topics. Short, accessible chapters allow for flexible coverage of important topics, while the conversational writing style maintains interest and comprehension.

     

    EXPLORING AND COLLECTING DATA: Statistics and Variation; Data; Surveys and Sampling; Displaying and Describing Categorical Data; Randomness and Probability; Displaying and Describing Quantitative Data; UNDERSTANDING DATA AND DISTRIBUTIONS: Scatterplots, Association, and Correlation; Linear Regression; Sampling Distributions and the Normal Model; Confidence Intervals for Proportions; Testing Hypotheses about Proportions; Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests for Means; Comparing Two Means; Paired Samples and Blocks; Inference for Counts: Chi-Square Tests; EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIABLES: Inference for Regression; Understanding Residuals; Multiple Regression; Building Multiple Regression Models; Time Series Analysis; BUILDING MODELS FOR DECISION MAKING: Probability Models; Decision Making and Risk; Design and Analysisof Experiments and Observational Studies; Introduction to Data Mining

     

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    Norean Sharpe (Ph.D. University of Virginia), as a researcher of statistical problems in business and a professor at a business school, understands the challenges and specific needs of the business student. She is currently Professor of Statistics at Babson College, where she is also Chair of the Division of Mathematics and Science. She is the recipient of the 2008 Women Who Make a Difference Award for female faculty at Babson. Prior to joining Babson, she taught statistics and applied mathematics courses for several years at Bowdoin College. Norean is coauthor of the recent text, A Casebook for Business Statistics: Laboratories for Decision Making, and has authored over 30 articles-primarily in the areas of statistics education and women in science. Norean currently serves as Associate Editor for CAUSE (Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education) and Associate Editor for the journal Cases in Business, Industry, and Government Statistics. Her research focuses on business forecasting and statistics education.

     

    Richard D. De Veaux (Ph.D. Stanford University) is an internationally known educator, consultant, and lecturer. Dick has taught Statistics at a business school (The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania), an engineering school (Princeton University) and a liberal arts college (Williams College). He is an internationally known lecturer in data mining and is a consultant for many Fortune 500 companies in a wide variety of industries. While at Princeton, he won a Lifetime Award for Dedication and Excellence in Teaching. Since 1994, he has been a Professor of Statistics at Williams College. Dick holds degrees fromPrinceton University in Civil Engineering and Mathematics, and from Stanford University in Dance Education and Statistics, where he studied with Persi Diaconis. His research focuses on the analysis of large data sets and data mining in science and industry. Dick has won both the Wilcoxon and Shewell awards from the American Society for Quality and is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. Dick is well known in industry, having consulted for such companies as American Express, Hewlett-Packard, Alcoa, DuPont, Pillsbury, General Electric, and Chemical Bank. He was named the “Statistician of the Year” for 2008 by the Boston Chapter of the American Statistical Association for his contributions to teaching, research, and consulting. In his spare time he is an avid cyclist and swimmer. He also is the founder and bass for the Doo-wop group, “Diminished Faculty,” and is a frequent soloist with various local choirs and orchestras. Dick is the father of four children.

     

    Paul F. Velleman (Ph.D. Princeton University) has an international reputation for innovative statistics education. He designed the Data Desk® software package and is also the author and designer of the award-winning ActivStats® statistics package, for which he received the EDUCOM Medal for innovative uses of computers in teaching statistics and the ICTCM Award for Innovation in Using Technology in College Mathematics. He is the founder and CEO of Data Description, Inc. (datadesk.com), which supports both of these programs. He also developed the Internet site, Data and Story Library (DASL) (dasl.datadesk.com), which provides data sets for teaching Statistics. Paul co-authored (with David Hoaglin) the book ABCs of Exploratory Data Analysis. Paul has taught Statistics at Cornell University on the faculty of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations since 1975. His research often focuses on statistical graphics and data analysis methods. Paul is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Paul’s experience as a professor, entrepreneur and business leader brings a unique perspective to the book.

     

    Dick De Veaux and Paul Velleman have authored successful books in the introductory college and AP High School market with Dave Bock, including Intro Stats, Third Edition (Pearson, 2009), Stats: Modeling the World, Third Edition (Pearson, 2010), and Stats: Data and Models, Second Edition (Pearson, 2008).

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