The 3rd edition of statistics for business decision making and analysis emphasizes an application based approach in which readers learn how to work with data to make decisions in this contemporary presentation of business statistics readers learn how to approach business decisions through a 4m analytics decision making strategy motivation method mechanics and message to better understand how a business context motivates the statistical process and how the results inform a course of . Description in statistics for business decision making and analysis authors robert stine and . The 3rd edition of statistics for business decision making and analysis emphasizes an application based approach in which readers learn how to work with data to make decisions in this contemporary presentation of business statistics readers learn how to approach business decisions through a 4m analytics decision making strategy motivation method mechanics and message to better understand how a business context motivates the statistical process and how the results inform a course of . In statistics for business decision making and analysis authors robert stine and dean foster of the university of pennsylvanias wharton school take a sophisticated approach to teaching statistics in the context of making good business decisions the authors show students how to recognize and understand each business question use statistical tools to do the analysis and how to communicate their results clearly and concisely. Contents preface xi index of application xix 1 introduction 2 11 whatis statistics 2 12 previews 4 13 howtousethisbook 9 2 data 13 21 data tables 14 22 categoricalandnumericaldata 15 23 recedingandaggregation 17 24 timeseries 20 25 furtherattributesofdata 21 chapter summary24 3 describing categorical data 28 31 looking atdata 29 32 chartsofcategoricaldata 31 33 theareaprinciple 35