Essentials of Business Statistics 5th Edition Chapter Summaries
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Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics, 6th Edition
By Thomas A. Williams
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by Robert Clemen
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Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Excel
By David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, and Thomas A. Williams
Give your students a balanced, conceptual understanding of statistics with a focus on real-world applications and the integrated strengths of Microsoft Excel 2010. The authoritative leader in modern business statistics, this best-selling comprehensive text carefully discusses and clearly develops each statistical technique in an application setting.
A wealth of timely business examples, proven methods, and additional exercises throughout this edition demonstrate how statistical results provide insights into business decisions and present solutions to contemporary business problems. High-quality problems noted for their unwavering accuracy and the authors' signature problem-scenario approach clearly show how to apply statistical methods in practical business situations. Examples are included using PrecisionTree and StatTools.
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by Charles Yoe
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Operations Research - Applications and Algorithms
by Wayne Winston
The market-leading textbook owes much of its success to its practical orientation and consistent emphasis on model formulation and model building. It moves beyond a mere study of algorithms without sacrificing the rigor that faculty desire. As in every edition, Winston reinforces the book's successful features and coverage with the most recent developments in the field. Winston takes full advantage of @RISK, PrecisionTree, and RISKOptimizer.
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by John F. Kros
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Written for students with a background in algebra, this text provides a complete and modern treatment of basic management science methodology. The authors survey the variety and power of management science tools, working to alleviate students' apprehension about the subject and to enable students to recognize on-the-job situations in which management science methodology can be successfully employed. Emphasizing modeling skills for students of varying mathematical backgrounds, the authors explain how to use Microsoft Excel spreadsheets to build skills as they work through problems. In general, problems are broken into several parts to make difficult concepts easy for students to learn. This book's modular structure affords instructors maximum flexibility.
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by Wayne Winston
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Valuation: The Art and Science of Corporate Investment Decisions 2nd Edition
by Sheridan Titman and John Martin
For upper-division undergraduate and MBA students as well as business professionals.
Seeing the economic realities of the modern corporation through an integrated approach.
Titman/Martin presents an integrated approach to both project and enterprise valuation, showing readers the economic realities that today's modern corporations face. This text also goes beyond standard DCF analysis by including additional valuation methods that are commonly used in practice, such as comparables, simulations with @RISK, and real options.
The second edition includes an increased emphasis on enterprise valuation, a new chapter on financial forecasting, and enhanced examples and illustrations.
Value-Added Decision Making for Managers
by Kenneth Chelst and Yauvz Burak Canbolat
Developed from the authors' longstanding course on decision and risk analysis, Value-Added Decision Making for Managers explores the important interaction between decisions and management action and clarifies the barriers to rational decision making. The authors analyze strengths and weaknesses of the best alternatives, enabling decision makers to improve on these alternatives by adding value and reducing risk.
The core of the text addresses decisions that involve selecting the best alternative from diverse choices. The decisions include buying a car, picking a supplier or home contractor, selecting a technology, picking a location for a manufacturing plant or sports stadium, hiring an employee or selecting among job offers, deciding on the size of a sales force, making a late design change, and sourcing to emerging markets. The book also covers more complex decisions arising in negotiations, strategy, and ethics that involve multiple dimensions simultaneously. Numerous activities interspersed throughout the text highlight real-world situations, helping readers see how the concepts presented can be used in their own work environment or personal life. Each chapter also includes discussion questions and references. PrecisionTree and DecisionTools Suite software is included for making probabilistic decisions.
Essentials of Business Statistics 5th Edition Chapter Summaries
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