Category: Textbooks

Statistical science as organized in formal academic departments is comparatively new. With a few exclusions, most Statistics and Biostatistics departments have been created within the past 60 years. Strength in Numbers: The Rising of Academic Statistics Departments in the U. S. (PDF) consists of a set of memoirs, one for every

Every year, several businesses file for bankruptcy protection because managers fail to efficiently organize the company’s operations, pay inadequate attention to product quality, misread market trends or misinterpret the activities and intentions of rival companies. Maybe they fail to formulate optimal advertising or financing strategies, obtain raw materials and components

An intuitive and grounded approach to economics – Get college students to think like an Economist using the latest data and policy while incorporating global issues. Michael Parkin’s Economics, 12th Edition (PDF) builds on the foundation of the previous edition and retains a thorough and careful presentation of the principles of

Hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) has been a cause of both achievement and controversy for years, and it stays to be a hot-button issue all around the globe. It has made the US an energy-exporting country once again and kept the cost of gasoline low, for consumers and companies. However, it

The #1 introduction to mass communication textbook, Media and Culture: Mass Communication in a Digital Age 12th Edition (PDF), is at the forefront of the ever-changing world of this dynamic course, addressing the most current issues of our time—including the #metoo movement, the use and abuse of social media platforms,