Better Business Decisions from Data

Preface

I am not a statistician, so it may seem odd that I have put together a book on statistics. Some explanation is required.

In my work, first as a research scientist and then as a manager of engineering departments, I needed to use basic statistics and to have some appreciation of the more complex statistical methods. With a limited education in statistics, I struggled to find textbooks that gave me what I needed concisely and in a way that I could readily understand. I have sympathy for those who find themselves in a similar situation. I have also worked for nearly twenty years as a private tutor, and the one-to-one contact with students has confirmed the difficulties that can arise in coming to grips with statistics.

In addition, I have ...