This new text offers an Excel-focused approach to using statistics in business. All statistical concepts are illustrated with applied examples... immediately upon introduction. Modern computing tools and applications are introduced, and the text maintains a strong focus on presenting statistical concepts as applied using Excel, enhanced by MegaStat, the Excel add-in created by the author and used as a standard for all McGraw-Hill/Irwin Business Statistics textbooks. The text enables students to take full advantage of Excel to develop and drive problem-solving skills. As a one-color paperback, it is also a competitive low-cost alternative to most of the higher-priced books in the market.

Basic Steps in Planning Nursing Research: From Question to Proposal is the perfect introduction to the research process. It details the development of... an effective research plan, and guides readers through all stages of the process from finding a research topic, to the final written proposal. It takes an in-depth focus on the planning process which makes it an excellent tool for beginners while still being relevant to people at all levels of study who need to develop a research plan. The Seventh Edition continues to teach readers how to prepare an appropriate question and topic and the steps it takes formulate a conclusion. All of the chapters have been updated with new references and current information including a renewed focus on evidence-based practice and an expansion of research ethics. Proposals are included at the end of the text to help students learn.

Basics Textile Design: Sourcing Ideas is a visual goldmine for designers greedy for inspiration and includes a huge array of beautiful and diverse... images. Using a number of different approaches, this book shows readers how to look for inspiration in the world around them, and how to extract visual information from a variety of sources.Enabling readers to create extraordinary effects with textiles, Sourcing Ideas follows the successful formula of Basics Fashion Design 01: Research and Design, which is used by students and designers all over the world. This is the perfect book for all textiles and fashion aficionados, as well as any arts and crafts enthusiasts who are looking for inspiration.• The first book in AVA’s new Basics Textile Design series.• Encourages readers to be inspired by examples of colour, surface, structure, texture and pattern in the world around them.• Interviews with and contributions from Donna Wilson, Becky Earley, Missoni, Timorous Beasties and many others.

Stochastic processes are tools used widely by statisticians and researchers working in the mathematics of finance. This book for self-study provides a... detailed treatment of conditional expectation and probability, a topic that in principle belongs to probability theory, but is essential as a tool for stochastic processes. The book centers on exercises as the main means of explanation.

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