Richard T. O'Connell Books

This text focuses on improving business processes by using all the important statistical techniques needed to facilitate effective decision making. The text follows a traditional approach and topic organization that is appropriate for most introductory business statistics courses, but also incorporates a more modern approach that infuses quality and emphasizes process improvement throughout. The authors' highest priority is developing a text that offers clear and understandable explanations of concepts and providing case studies and examples that reflect real applications of statistics today.

Offering a comprehensive overview of experimental design and analysis, this book stands out for its brevity, covering the subject in about half the space of similar texts. It requires only a basic understanding of statistics, making it accessible to a broad audience. The innovative approach effectively simplifies complex concepts, ensuring that readers can grasp essential methodologies without overwhelming detail.

This text explains business statistic concepts through the use of case studies and examples that reflect real applications of statistics. The book offers a technological perspective, while the CD-ROM has step-by-step walk-through examples to assist students visualize statistical concepts.