Business Statistics Demystified

PART ONE: WHAT IS BUSINESS STATISTICS?

Chapter 1: Statistics for Business

Chapter 2: What Is Statistics?

Chapter 3: What is Probability?

PART TWO: PREPARING A STATISTICAL REPORT

Chapter 4: What Is a Statistical Study?

Chapter 5: Planning a Statistical Study

Chapter 6: Getting the Data

Chapter 7: Statistics Without Numbers: Graphs and Charts

Chapter 8: Common Statistical Measures

Chapter 9: A Difference That Makes a Difference: When Do Statistics Mean Something?

Chapter 10: Reporting the Results

PART THREE: STATISTICAL INFERENCE: BASIC PROCEDURES

Chapter 11: Estimation: Summarizing Data About One Variable

Chapter 12: Correlation and Regression

Chapter 13: Group Differences: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Designed Experiments

Chapter 14: Nonparametric Statistics

PART FOUR: MAKING BUSINESS DECISIONS

Chapter 15: Creating Surveys

Chapter 16: Forecasting

Chapter 17: Quality Management

APPENDIX A: BASIC MATH FOR STATISTICS

APPENDIX B: ANSWERS TO QUIZZES AND EXAMS

APPENDIX C: RESOURCES FOR LEARNING

INDEX

"If I had Business Statistics Demystified in school, I would have passed business statistics the first time, instead of having to retake the course twice. I find Business Statistics Demystified easy to follow and apply."-- Anne Englert, M.Ed.

Learn the statistics that makes for good business decisions. Now anyone who wants to improve business performance can master statistics -- without formal training, unlimited time, or a genius I.Q. In Business Statistics Demystified, top-notch statistical programmer Steve Kemp and business author Sid Kemp team up to provide an effective, painless way to learn or review the statistics that can help ensure your business success.

With Business Statistics Demystified, you master the subject one simple step at a time -- at your own speed. This unique self-teaching guide offers quizzes at the end of each chapter, an exam for each section, as well as handy hints and tips to help you master terminology, concepts, and equations.

Here's a fast, easy-to-use self-teaching course that gives you everything you need to:
* Become the "can-do" new manager who reads, evaluates, uses, and creates statistical studies and reports
* Use statistics for customer and human resources surveys, forecasting, quality management, and more
* See how business and statistics come together in the real world with "Tips on Terms," "Study Review," and "Survival Strategies"
* Pick up practical tips and rules of thumb and avoid mistakes* Learn, step-by-step, how to perform a statistical study and present the results in reports and meetings
* Understand when to use each type of statistical graph, and how to create each one
* Take a "final exam" in each section and grade it yourself!

Simple enough for beginners but challenging enough for those with some statistical background, Business Statistics Demystified is your direct route to learning or brushing up on statistics and boosting your career.