Thoroughly integrating the use of Microsoft Excel, this streamlined volume on business statistics uses an applied approach that focuses on the concepts and applications of statistics to the functional areas of business. Revised to increase the emphasis on concepts and applications and to more seamlessly integrate coverage on Microsoft Excel, it offers detailed, step-by-step explanations on the use of Microsoft Excel to perform statistical analysis on every topic covered in the book and integrates numerous illustrations of Excel output and dialog boxes. Concepts and methods covered include data collection and presentation, numerical descriptive measures, probability distributions, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, variance, linear regression and statistical applications in quality and productivity management. For managers in accounting, marketing, management, and economics and finance.