1. Welcome Course name Faculty name

2. YOUR COURSE MATERIALS Anderson/Sweeney/Williams Statistics for Business and Economics, 10e You will… — be tested — receive homework assignments — have reading assignments …from these materials

3. WHY DO I NEED THE BOOK? – Nine in ten professors (90%) say that students would do better if they made greater user of the assigned textbook. – Students’ pass rates, retention rates and grades improve when they employ supplemental materials in addition to their textbooks. Zogby International, 2006

4. WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEW EDITION? — Every chapter includes numerous business examples and real company data to provide you a real world view of the use of statistics. — Appendices providing coverage of Excel and MINITAB software with directions and screen shots to help you understand the use of software in the course. — A Student CD that is packaged with new copies of the text will provide you with extensive data files for greater efficiency and time savings as you complete text exercises.

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8. PRE-TESTS & POST-TESTS

9. RESULTS AND FEEDBACK

10. PERSONALIZED STUDY PLAN

11. eBOOK

12. BUSINESS STATISTICS MODULE

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