KEY BENEFIT: Analyzing the Data Applicable to Business This text is the gold standard for learning how to use Microsoft Excel® in business statistics, helping students gain the understanding they need to be successful in their careers. The authors present statistics in the context of specific business fields; full chapters on business analytics further prepare students for success in their professions. Current data throughout the text lets students practice analyzing the types of data they will see in their professions. The friendly writing style include tips throughout to encourage learning.   KEY TOPICS: First Things First; Defining and Collecting Data; Organizing and Visualizing Variables; Numerical Descriptive Measures; Basic Probability; Discrete Probability Distributions; The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions; Sampling Distributions; Confidence Interval Estimation; Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests; Two-Sample Tests; Analysis of Variance; Chi-Square and Nonparametric Tests; Simple Linear Regression; Introduction to Multiple Regression; Multiple Regression Model Building; Time-Series Forecasting; Getting Ready to Analyze Data in the Future; Statistical Applications in Quality Management (online); Decision Making (online); Basic Math Concepts and Symbols; Important Excel and Minitab Skills; Skills and Concepts; Online Resources; Configuring Microsoft Excel; Tables; Software FAQs   MARKET: For anyone interested in business statistics.         For one- or two-semester business statistics courses.   Analyzing the Data Applicable to Business This text is the gold standard for learning how to use Microsoft Excel® in business statistics, helping students gain the understanding they need to be successful in their careers. The authors present statistics in the context of specific business fields; full chapters on business analytics further prepare students for success in their professions. Current data throughout the text lets students practice analyzing the types of data they will see in their professions. The friendly writing style include tips throughout to encourage learning.   The book also integrates PHStat, an add-in that bolsters the statistical functions of Excel.   Also available with MyStatLab™ MyStatLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyLab™ & Mastering™ does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab & Mastering, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.   If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyLab & Mastering, search for: 0134465970 / 9780134465975 Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel Plus MyStatLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 8/e Package consists of: 0134173058 / 9780134173054 Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel 032192147X / 9780321921475 MyStatLab for Business Statistics -- Glue-In Access Card 0321929713 / 9780321929716 MyStatLab for Business Statistics Sticker