Every business area relies on an understanding of statistics to succeed. Statistics for Business and Economics by Carlos Cortinhas and Ken Black shows students that the proper application of statistics in the business world goes hand-in-hand with good decision making. Every statistical tool presented in this book has a business application set in a global context and the many learning features and easy to use structure will engage and reassure each business statistic student.

Dr Carlos Cortinhas is a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Economics at Exeter University Business School. He completed his PhD in 2007 and prior to joining Exeter Dr Cortinhas completed his Masters at Kobe University, Japan. Aside from academia, he has previously worked for the Industrial Bank of Japan and also for the Ministry for the Economy and Innovation in Portugal. Dr Cortinhas teaches two introductory courses in statistics for undergraduate students at Exeter: the first for accounting, finance and economics majors and the second for business and management majors.