Practical Statistics: A Handbook for Business Projects - Softcover

Buglear

9780749468460: Practical Statistics: A Handbook for Business Projects

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749468467 ISBN 13: 9780749468460

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2013

Practical Statistics is an introduction and reference guide for those studying business and management at postgraduate level, MBA students and professionals. It gives the reader a solid understanding of statistics without being too simple or mind-numbingly complex. It turns statistics, often perceived as being difficult and pointless, into something approachable and sensible.

John Buglear emphasizes the importance of working back from results rather than working out results. He starts the book with basic concepts that get increasingly more complex, from simple diagrams to multivariate methods, as well as using simple metaphors to aid understanding. The book has a two-level approach, with sections headed 'The essentials' and 'Tell me more' to support learning at all levels.

A rare book on business statistics that students and professionals can really understand, Practical Statistics supports active learning with use of applications and case studies, invaluable online learning materials and fully worked solutions to questions in the review section.

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Book Description:

Enables readers and students to translate statistical data into comprehensive information

Supports readers at all levels of knowledge and experience through a two-level approach with 'The essentials' and 'Tell me more' sections

Encourages active distance and independent learners through case studies and simple explanations

About the Author:

John Buglear is Head of the Division of Management at Nottingham Business School. He teaches quantitative methods and basic accounting on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He has lectured in statistics, operational research and research methods on postgraduate international programmes: Azerbaijan (in collaboration with BP Exploration); the Czech Republic (in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Uzbekistan.

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