The emphasis of the book is on data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use in statistics and management science. This book contains professional Excel software add-ins. The authors maintain the elements that have made it a market leader in its first edition: clarity of writing, a teach-by-example approach, and complete Excel integration.
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About the Author:
S. Christian Albright received his B.S. degree in mathematics from Stanford in 1968 and his Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford in 1972. Since then, he has been teaching in the Operations and Decision Technologies Department in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He has taught courses in management science, computer simulation, and statistics to all levels of business students: undergraduates, MBAs, and doctoral students. His current interest is in spreadsheet modeling, including development of VBA applications in Excel. Dr. Albright has published more than 20 articles in leading operations research journals in the area of applied probability. He has also published a number of successful textbooks, including DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING, DATA ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS, and SPREADSHEET MODELING AND APPLICATIONS.
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- PublisherSouth-Western, Div of Thomson
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0324400861
- ISBN 13 9780324400861
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number3
- Number of pages1104