Business Research Methods (McGraw-Hill International Editions: Statistics & Probability Series) - Softcover

Emory, C.William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071156771 ISBN 13: 9780071156776

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions), 1998

Synopsis

Offering a presentation of fundamental research concepts and practical applications, this text focuses on managerial decisions, emphasizing the need for sound reasoning, problem identification and formulation, and testing.

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Enhanced Managerial Decision Making - business focus has been integrated throughout the text. Chapter vignettes have been updated and international examples have been added throughout the text, emphasizing the international scope of business today. Students get a more "real-world" approach to business research topics and how they are used in business, which better prepares them for the workplace.
Enhanced Interpretation of Data - Updated Measurement and Multivariate Chapters. This provides students with an enhanced experience in the interpretation of data; the authors explain what the data means by focusing on the analysis of the data through the use of new examples and clearer explanations.
Organization of topics. Previously chapter 15 included both Data Preparation and preliminary Analysis; as a response to reviewer comments, these topics have been separated into two separate chapters making it easier for instructors to teach and assign to students.
2-Color design: as a response to reviewer feedback, the text has a more modern two-color design that is more pleasurable for students to read.
Enhanced Website: provides more downloadable ancillaries for students and instructors, additional Web research tools are also available for students.
Case Studies: Pam Schindler and Don Cooper bring their valuable consulting experience into the classroom through the use of rich case studies that are integrated into the text. Students are afforded a richer, in-depth, real-world experience in class.
SPSS Software packaging option: this commercial software tool is widely used in business. The student software version allows students an opportunity to gain experience with this tool and apply it to the applications in the text.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (ISE Editions)
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071156771
• ISBN 13: 9780071156776
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 714