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Business Analytics Wayne Winston (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business (Emeritus))

Business Analytics By Wayne Winston (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business (Emeritus))

Summary

Helps you become a master of data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use. This book provides users with the tools to succeed with a teach-by-example approach, student-friendly writing style, and complete Excel 2013 integration.

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Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making by Wayne Winston (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business (Emeritus))

Become a master of data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use with BUSINESS ANALYTICS: DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING, 5E! This quantitative methods text provides users with the tools to succeed with a teach-by-example approach, student-friendly writing style, and complete Excel 2013 integration. It is also compatible with Excel 2010 and 2007. Problem sets and cases provide realistic examples to show the relevance of the material. The Companion Website includes: the Palisade DecisionTools Suite (@RISK, StatTools, PrecisionTree, TopRank, RISKOptimizer, NeuralTools, and Evolver); SolverTable, which allows you to do sensitivity analysis; data and solutions files, PowerPoint slides, and tutorial videos.

About Wayne Winston (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business (Emeritus))

Wayne L. Winston is Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and is now Professor of Decision and Information Sciences at the Bauer College at the University of Houston. Dr. Winston has received more than 45 teaching awards and is a six-time recipient of the school-wide M.B.A. award. His current interest focuses on showing how to use spreadsheet models to solve business problems in all disciplines, particularly in finance, sports and marketing. In addition to publishing more than 20 articles in leading journals, Dr. Winston has written such successful textbooks, including OPERATIONS RESEARCH: APPLICATIONS AND ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING: APPLICATIONS AND ALGORITHMS; SIMULATION MODELING WITH @RISK; DATA ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS; SPREADSHEET MODELING AND APPLICATIONS; MATHLETICS, DATA ANALYSIS AND BUSINESS MODELING WITH EXCEL 2016; MARKETING ANALYTICS; and FINANCIAL MODELS USING SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATION. Dr. Winston received his B.S. degree in mathematics from MIT and his Ph.D. in operations research from Yale. S. Christian Albright received both his B.S. degree in mathematics and his Ph.D. in operations research from Stanford. He then taught in the Operations and Decision Technologies Department in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University until his retirement in 2011. He taught courses in management science, computer simulation and statistics to all levels of business students, including undergraduate, M.B.A. and Ph.D. students. He has published more than 20 articles in leading operations research journals in applied probability. After retiring, he worked for several years for the Palisade software company. Now living in Hilton Head, SC, he continues to revise several successful textbooks, including this edition, PRACTICAL MANAGEMENT SCIENCE and VBA FOR MODELERS.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Data Analysis and Decision Making. Part 1: EXPLORING DATA. 2. Describing the Distribution of a Single Variable. 3. Finding Relationships among Variables. Part 2: PROBABILITY AND DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY. 4. Probability and Probability Distributions. 5. Normal, Binomial, Poisson, and Exponential Distributions. 6. Decision Making under Uncertainty. Part 3: STATISTICAL INFERENCE. 7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions. 8. Confidence Interval Estimation. 9. Hypothesis Testing. Part 4: REGRESSION ANALYSIS AND TIME SERIES FORECASTING. 10. Regression Analysis: Estimating Relationships. 11. Regression Analysis: Statistical Inference. 12. Time Series Analysis and Forecasting. Part 5: OPTIMIZATION AND SIMULATION MODELING. 13. Introduction to Optimization Modeling. 14. Optimization Models. 15. Introduction to Simulation Modeling. 16. Simulation Models. Part 6: ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS. 17. Data Mining. Part 7: BONUS ONLINE MATERIAL. 18. Importing Data into Excel. 19. Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design. 20. Statistical Process Control. Appendix A. Statistical Reporting.

Additional information

GOR007693451
9781133629603
1133629601
Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making by Wayne Winston (Indiana University, Kelley School of Business (Emeritus))
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Cengage Learning, Inc
20140101
1008
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