Statistics for Business and Economics - Couverture rigide

For a one- or two-term course in business statistics.

This best-selling introduction stresses the development of statistical thinking — the assessment of credibility and value of the inferences made from data — by both those who consume and those who produce the information. The authors emphasize inference; data collection and analysis are covered extensively, as needed, to evaluate the reported results of statistical studies and to make good business decisions. Numerous case studies, examples, and exercises draw on real business situations and recent economic events. Assumes a background in basic algebra.

The text incorporates the following American Statistical Association (ASA) guidelines developed from both the Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business (MSMESB) conferences and Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) Project:

• Students are most effectively motivated by seeing statistics at work in real applications, problems, cases, and projects.
• Students should be provided with the opportunity to work with real data and make use of technology for statistical computations.
• Formal training in probability needs to be downplayed in favor of intuitive concepts of probability.
• We need to reduce our emphasis on formal theory of statistics and increase emphasis on applications.

Satistics is now accompanied by a suite of new technology resources designed to enhance the instruction and comprehension of introductory statistics course material.

• Technology Companion Manuals. Available free when packaged to the text, each spiral-bound manual works seamlessly with the text. Step-by-step keystroke level instructions and screen captures for the TI-83, MINITAB, and Excel provide detailed instructions showing students how to work pertinent exercises.
• McClaveTutor 5.0. McClaveTutor is a web-based statistics tutorial and testing program that is tied specifically to the McClave/Sincich, Statistics, 9e text. Students are invited to practice an unlimited number of problems that correlate to text examples. Step-by-step guidance, video explanations, and assessment options are also provided. Available online in student and instructor versions.
• Course Management Options. Instructors wishing to enhance their course with an interactive on-line component may choose from text-specific WebCT, Blackboard, or CourseCompass sites. Each site features course-compatible content, the student solutions manual, assessment options, lecture content, and new web-based statistical applets (STATLETST™ by StatPoint, LLC) that are designed specifically for McClave/Sincich, Statistics, 9e.