Week 1 Discussion - Analytics

Week 1 Discussion - Statistics in the Workplace

1. How is statistics used in your current or proposed work environment?

2. Or if it is not applicable in your work, you can describe how you would use statistics in your daily life.

3. Alternatively, you can also describe any problem involving statistics that is of interest to you.

The goal of this activity is to increase your awareness of the pervasiveness of statistics.

Text and Resources

Title: Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics

Author: Douglas A. Lind, William G., Marchal, Samuel A. Wathen

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Edition/Year: 16th edition/2014

ISBN-13: 978-0-07-802052-0

Optional but recommended

Title: Basic Statistics Using Excel 2010

Author: Ronald Merchant

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Irwin

Edition/Year: 15th Edition/2012

ISBN-13: 978-0-07-754103-3