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Using Mathematics in Economic Analysis
Peter N. Hess Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0130200263 |
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Managing Services: Using Technology to Create Value (McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series, Operations and Decision Sciences)
Mark M. Davis , and Janelle N. Heineke Manufacturer: Irwin/McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0072464267 |
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Design of Experiments Using The Taguchi Approach: 16 Steps to Product and Process Improvement
Ranjit K. Roy Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471361011 |
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Fulfill the practical potential of DOE-with a powerful, 16-step approach for applying the Taguchi methodOver the past decade, Design of Experiments (DOE) has undergone great advances through the work of the Japanese management guru Genechi Taguchi. Yet, until now, books on the Taguchi method have been steeped in theory and complicated statistical analysis. Now this trailblazing work translates the Taguchi method into an easy-to-implement 16-step system.
Based on Ranjit Roy's successful Taguchi training course, this extensively illustrated book/CD-ROM package gives readers the knowledge and skills necessary to understand and apply the Taguchi method to engineering projects-from theory and applications to hands-on analysis of the data. It is suitable for managers and technicians without a college-level engineering or statistical background, and its self-study pace-with exercises included in each chapter-helps readers start using Taguchi DOE tools on the job quickly. Special features include:
Engineers and technical personnel working in process and product design-as well as other professionals interested in the Taguchi method-will find this book/CD-ROM a tremendously important and useful asset for making the most of DOE in their work.
Customer Reviews:
Blatant Commercialism.......2007-05-07
Great book for practical applications.......2002-03-29
An Introduction to More Effective Experimentation.......2002-02-20
What Dr. Roy has achieved in his book on experimental design is to clearly explain why this is so and to provide the tools which allows his readers to overcome their ingrained beliefs and adopt a more effective method of designing their own experimental programs.
Of particular interest is his discussion of experimental design using orthogonal arrays (Chapter 4) for it is in this part of the book that the full power of modern approaches to experimentation become most evident. Here, he illustrates how a set of as few as eight experiments can be used to determine how three presumable independent factors, such as time, temperature and concentration, can be studied to obtain detailed information not only on how each factor individually effects the quality of the final product, but also on the extent to which the factors interact.
Historically, learning this type of technique for designing experiments has been a daunting task since somewhat tedious mathematically manipulations are required for both the design of the experiment and the analyses of the resulting data. However, included with Dr. Roy's book is complete software which eliminates the need for the experimenter to either manually solve the handful of equations needed to extract the results in useful form, or to develop custom spreadsheets in an attempt to automate the process. The software is easy to use and includes all of the tables and data which are used in the book to illustrate the principles of experimental design. The software is also capable of assisting the experimenter in designing sets of up to eight concurrent experiments, rapidly analyzing the data and generating graphical and tabular presentations which greatly aid in the interpretation of the results.
This is an extremely useful book which can have a major beneficial effect on the productivity of any laboratory engaged in experimental process research such as crystal growth, chemical synthesis or manufacturing. By allowing the reader to overcome his innate aversion to varying more than one experimental factor at a time, the book makes it possible for the reader to become a much more productive scientist or engineer and become a role model for his coworkers to emulate.
Must have for Quality Control Professionals and Educators.......2002-02-05
1. The discussion group (usenet) hosted by Dr Roy is fantastic. If by chance you don't "get it" from reading the book, a simple question posted to the usenet frequently gets you an answer, often within a few hours (its a vocal crowd!!). Many times, the author himself responds to usenet questions. And, on at least one instance, after I repeatdly asked my question, he began exchanging emails with me, which then led to some pleasant phone disscussions.
2. User friendly software and support. See above.
3. Taguichi is frequently attacked by full blown Design of Experiments statistical types who miss the whole point. I strongly encourage all professionals interested in gauging quality control to try out his books and the free software downloads....
An excellent book with powerful software and support......
Reads like a winner, looks like a winner, performs likes a winner....... need I say more...
Auburn Alabama
User friendly.......2002-02-05
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Basic Marketing Research: Using Microsoft Excel Data Analysis
Alvin C. Burns , and Ronald F. Bush Manufacturer: Pearson Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
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An Introduction to Survival Analysis Using Stata, Revised Edition
Mario Cleves , William Gould , and Roberto Gutierrez Manufacturer: Stata Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1881228843 |
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Developing the statistical concepts unique to survival data, An Introduction to Survival Analysis Using Stata, Revised Edition includes statistical theory, step-by-step procedures for analyzing survival data, a detailed usage guide for Stata's most widely used st commands, and pointers for using Stata to analyze survival data and present the results. The first several chapters cover basic theoretical concepts as well as censoring and truncation. The next few chapters describe the formatting, manipulation, stsetting, and error-checking involved in preparing survival data for analysis using Stata's st analysis commands. The book also discusses Cox regression and includes various examples of fitting a Cox model, obtaining predictions, interpreting results, building models, and modeling diagnostics. The final chapters cover parametric models, which are fitted using Stata's streg command.
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Service Productivity Management: Improving Service Performance using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
H. David Sherman , and Joe Zhu Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
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ASIN: 0387332111 |
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The service economy is now the largest portion of the industrialized world's economic activity. This development has dramatically raised the importance of maximizing productivity excellence in service organizations. The need for productivity excellence has led service organization managers to use benchmarking techniques to identify and adopt best practices in their organizations. Benchmarking has enabled service organizations to continuously improve by allowing service units to learn from methods that prove the most efficient and effective. Service Productivity Management systematically explores complex service issues and suggests the most appropriate methods to improve service productivity, quality, and profitability. The book provides insights and methods to answer questions on a range of productivity issues: How do you manage profitability of a network of hundreds or thousands of branch offices disbursed over several states and countries? How can managed-care organizations manage the quality and cost of hundreds of physicians providing health services to millions of plan members? What methods would enable a government to ensure that the multiple offices serving citizens across a country are operating at low cost while meeting the required service quality? Each of these service settings are examples of the many service providers that deliver a complex set of services to a widely diversified set of customers. . Service Productivity Management is an in-depth guide to using the most powerful available benchmarking technique to improve service organization performance — Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The underlying concepts that drive DEA and enable it to increase productivity and profitability of service organizations are explained in non-technical language. It describes how DEA: (1) Identifies best practice service units; (2) Exposes high cost inefficient service units; (3) Identifies specific changes to each service unit to elevate performance to the best practice level that provides high quality service at low cost; and most important, (4) Guides the improvement process. Use of basic and advanced DEA methods are all supported by case-study applications of organizations that have successfully improved their performance. The techniques discussed in the book are accessible to all managers with access to Microsoft® Excel spreadsheet software (Excel). The book provides step-by-step guidance to enable the reader to apply DEA and Excel software to their organization. Packaged with the book is a ready-to-use DEA software CD that includes the DEAFrontier software. DEAFrontier is a Microsoft® Excel Add-in designed to run DEA analyses on any set of organizations of interest to the reader. For a free trial version of the DEAFrontier software, please visit www.deafrontier.com.
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Business Analysis Using Regression: A Casebook
Dean P. Foster , Robert A. Stine , and Richard P. Waterman Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0387983562 |
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Providing an introduction to modern data analysis techniques, these casebooks can be used as the primary or secondary text for elementary business statistics courses. Statistics has the reputation of being a boring, complicated, and confusing mix of mathematical formulas accompanied by computers used to do something. This casebook nad its companion volume Business Analysis Usuing Regression change that impression by showing how statistics gives insights and ansswers interesting business questions. The material is organized into classes of related case studies that develop a single key idea of statistics. The authors begin by discussing an application that motivates the key idea. Students are then shown how to analyze a data set. The emphasis of the analysis is to answer important business questions with statistics rather than talk about statistics. Basic Business Statistics introduces ideas often not emphasized in elementary texts such as issues of robustness, the use of transformations to simplify problems, sampling bias, confounding, kernel density, quality control, and scatterplot matrices. Business Analysis with Regression includes a discussion of scatterplot smoothing, prediction intervals for new observations, collinearity, logistic regression, nonlinear models, and multiple comparisons in regression. The text includes directions for data analyses with JMP and an appendix with Minitab commands. Professors Dean P. Foster, Robert A. Stine, and Richard P. Waterman are members of the Department of Statistics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.Customer Reviews:
GOOD FOCUS, POORLY PRESENTED.......2003-03-20
However, on the downside, it is very difficult to read. The cases are not well explained. This book is used at Wharton's 1st year core course in statistics and the general agreement is that it is very hard to comprehend it. I recommend an editor to the authors.
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ERP Optimization: Using Your Existing System to Support Profitable E-Business Initiatives
Cindy Jutras Manufacturer: CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1574443321 |
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Existing ERP systems are being used to support an increasing amount of critical e-business initiatives, even though this is far from their original purpose. While ERP can form a foundation for successfully meeting e-business needs, future success will be derived not only from a firm, supportive foundation, but from a solid e-business superstructure that guides your company through a value chain that has grown longer and more complex. ERP Optimization provides a technology-centric approach to leading your company through an e-transformation. It shows you how to leverage current investments in information systems while minimizing disruptions to the core business of the enterprise. Written in a business vernacular, the book effectively bridges the gap between technology and business strategy. The author takes you through the process of defining e-business goals and accessing and maximizing current systems capabilities. She details the steps required to assume a leadership position within an integrated business community and demonstrates how to support secure information exchanges with customer, suppliers,and partners. ERP alone is not enough to secure and maintain a superior position in today's economy, but it can provide the backbone and infrastructure of enterprise applications that are the necessary, essential prerequisites to conducting e-business. Whether you are an executive today, or hope to be one in the future, ERP Optimization gives you the tools to lead your organization successfully into the e-business world.
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Using Econometrics: A Practical Guide (3rd Edition)
A. H. Studenmund , and Henry J. Cassidy Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0673524868 |
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Go-to book for regression analysis.......2005-07-01
Very understandable introduction to econometrics.......2004-07-01
Fulfil expectations.......2003-07-09
Good Starting Point for Econometrics.......2003-05-31
For a good introductory book that does incorporate calculus, some proofs, etc., get Gujarati's "Basic Econometrics" (not to be confused with Gujarati's "Essentials of Econometrics"). If you're only going to have one introductory book, and you want a mathematical treatment, get Gujarati. If you want an introductory book without a mathematical treatment, get Studenmund.
Warning.......2002-12-24
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Data Analysis Using Regression Models: The Business Perspective
Edward W. Frees Manufacturer: Prentice Hall ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0132199815 |
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Tough but good book.......2004-01-12
Incredibly bad.......2003-06-14
bad to the bone!!!.......2002-08-20
Awful!.......2000-04-07
Must avoid.......2000-04-05
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