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An Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Business and Industry: A Problem Solving Approach.(Book Review)
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Technometrics
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May 1, 2005
- Author:
- Sarkar, Pradipta
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An Introduction to Statistical Analysis for Business and Industry--A Problem Solving Approach. Michael STUART, London: Hodder Arnold, 2003, ISBN 0-340-80844-6, xiii + 384 pp., $49.95 (P).
When I see a statistics book with a generic title similar to this, I have an immediate reaction: "Yet another book on business and industrial statistics!" Most of these introductory texts on business and industrial statistics are hardly different from one another. They usually cover similar topics to similar depth and usually emphasize methodological developments built on formal probability foundations and explain the methodologies with typical textbook-type examples/illustrations. ...