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Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics (14th Ed. - UMUC Edition) (UMUC Custom Edition w/CD-ROM)
Array (Hardcover) McGraw-Hill 2010
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Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics with Student CD Description
Lind/14e is a perennial market best seller due to its comprehensive coverage of statistical concepts and methods delivered in a student friendly, step-by-step format. The text presents concepts clearly and succinctly with a conversational writing style. All statistical concepts are illustrated with solved applied examples immediately upon introduction. Self reviews and exercises for each section, and review sections for groups of chapters also support the student learning steps. Modern computing Read More …
Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics by Lind, Marchal, and Wathen was my second statistical book, so I did have something to compare it against. My first statistics class used Business Statistics by David Levine. I found this book here to be easier to understand. One thing to keep in mind apparently is that different books teach the Z tables differently. The Levine book had taught them as cumulative tables. This book here teaches them as distance-from-the-mean. So that was confusing to realize at first, that the exact same nomenclature and exact same references were to two fairly different systems. If you are taking a class with a professor make sure you know which way the professor is intending to teach that material and choose a book (or supplementary book) that matches his or her style....
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Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics (Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series Operations and Decision Sciences)

Lind/Marchal/Wathen is a perennial market best seller due to its comprehensive coverage of statistical concepts and methods delivered in a student friendly, step-by-step format. The text presents concepts clearly and succinctly with a conversational writing style and illustrates concepts through the liberal use of business-focused examples that are relevant to the current world of a college student. Known as a “student’s text,” Lind’s supporting pedagogy includes self reviews, cumulative exercises, and coverage of software applications including Excel, Minitab, and MegaStat for Excel. The new 15th edition puts more emphasis on the interpretation of data and results and supports Lind’s student-centric, step-by-step approach with McGraw-Hill’s industry leading online assessment resource Connect Business Statistics.
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