Many people find statistics challenging, but most statistics professors do not. As a result, it is sometimes hard for our professors and the authors of statistics textbooks to make statistics clear and practical for business students, 7managers, and executives. Business Statistics Demystified fills that gap. We begin slowly, introducing statistical concepts without mathematics. We build step by step, from defining statistics in Part One providing the basic tools for creating and understanding statistical reports in Part Two, introducing the statistical measures commonly—and some not-so-commonly—used in business in Part Three and, in Part Four, applying statistics to practical business situations with forecasting, quality management, and more. Our approach is to focus on understanding statistics and how to use it to support business decisions. The math comes in when it is needed. In fact, most of the math in statistics is done by computers now, anyway. When the ideas are clear, the math will follow fairly easily.