This innovative textbook is designed to give students the tools they need to make data-informed, real-world business decisions practically from the first day of class, providing a foundation in data production and interpretation that supports their work throughout the course.

Newly retitled The Practice of Statistics for Business and Economics to reflect the true scope of its coverage, this new third edition of the text is its most accomplish yet--a conceptually rich, mathematically accessible survey of basic statistical methods in a business/economics context that emphasizes working with data and mastering statistical reasoning.