This book was written for those who need to know how to collect, analyze and present data. It is meant to be a first course for practitioners, a book for private study or brush-up on statistics, and supplementary reading for general statistics classes. The book is untraditional, both with respect to the choice of topics and the presentation: Topics were determined by what is most useful for pra…
Never have so many organizational decisions been taken based on statistics as today! Everything is supported by numbers. This applies to marketing, economics, social sciences, natural sciences, industry, and administrative work within organizations, businesses, and institutions. It is, therefore, important to have insight into basic statistical concepts, when assessing statistical data mater…