Bowerman Bruce - Business Statistics and Analytics in Practice

NINTH EDITION

with major contributions by

Steven C. Huchendorf

University of Minnesota

Dawn C. Porter

University of Southern California

BUSINESS STATISTICS AND ANALYTICS IN PRACTICE, NINTH EDITION

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Bowerman, Bruce L., author. | Duckworth, William Maury, author. |

Froelich, Amy Goodwin, author.

Business statistics in practice / Bruce L. Bowerman, Miami University,

William M. Duckworth, Creighton University, Amy Froelich, Iowa State University.

Ninth Edition. | Dubuque : McGraw-Hill Education, [2019] |

Revised edition of Business statistics in practice, [2017]

LCCN 2018012294 | ISBN 9781260187496 (alk. paper)

LCSH: Commercial statistics. | Statistics.

LCC HF1017 .B654 2018 | DDC 519.5024/65dc23

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