Statistical Thinking: Improving Business Performance Following principles of effective learning identified by educational and behavioral research, the instruction proceeds from tangible examples to abstract theory; from the big picture, or "whole," to details, or "parts"; and from a conceptu
| TITLE | : | Statistical Thinking: Improving Business Performance |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.85 (478 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0534381588 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Hardcover |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 544 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2001-02-01 |
| GENRE | : |
This innovative book teaches students to understand the strategic value of data and statistics in solving real business problems. Following principles of effective learning identified by educational and behavioral research, the instruction proceeds from tangible examples to abstract theory; from the big picture, or "whole," to details, or "parts"; and from a conceptual understanding to ability to perform specific tasks. While the computer is used for computational details, the authors describe the role of statistical thinking and methods for problem solving and process improvement to encourage use of the tools. Hoerl and Snee also teach skills to improve business processes, including collecting data appropriate for a specified purpose, recognizing limitations in existing data, graphically analyzing data using basic tools, deriving actionable conclusions from data analyses, and understand
EDITORIAL :
"This book is clearly a groundbreaking work. To my knowledge there is nothing on the market that even comes close to doing what it does. I have always felt that one of the weaknesses of our teaching at the introductory level is giving the students a strategy for applying the statistical tools that they learn. This book does that beautifully." "This is a book that is badly needed with material that will make a real difference in the learning of students and their understanding and appreciation of statistics as a discipline and its application in solving real problems and improving real processes. The approach is one that students will enjoy. They will gain an appreciation for the discipline of statistics and see aspects of it that they never will appreciate from the typical introductory statistics text. It is a text that I would love to teach out of."
"Hoerl and Snee have captu
REVIEW :
Neil's "The Art of Contrary Thinking.". I would have liked to see Branca discuss this more and come to terms with it. We hold our breath as he attempts to reinvent himself as the New Adam, someone who is strong, loveable and strives to become the person he wants to be. However, in today's world, I am just thankful that someone takes the time to set a subject down on real paper, that I don't have to read a screen blurry eyed until midnight to get the one or two facts I'm looking for. Great.. Perhaps there are others out there, who, like me, drink too much but don't fit into to the "AA" mold of an alcoholic.. There is such a wide variety of choices it makes for a tough time of deciding what to make. This book makes a distinction between stage personalities who happened to make some recordings--when they found time in their busy schedules--and artists who made their living largely by record
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