Statistics for Business and Economics, ePub, Global Edition (ePub)

Bill Carlson is Professor of Economics and Department Chair ofthe Economics Department at St Olaf College, where he has taught for 29 years.His education includes engineering degrees from Michigan TechnologicalUniversity (BS) and Illinois Institute of Technology (MS) and a Ph.D. inQuantitative Management from the University of Michigan. His research includesnumerous studies related to highway safety, management problems, andstatistical education. He has previously published two statistics textbooks. Hehas led numerous student groups to study in various countries. He enjoysgrandchildren, woodworking, travel, reading, and being on assignment innorthern Wisconsin.



Betty Thorne. Author, researcher and award-winning teacher,Betty Thorne is Professor and Chair of the Department of Decision andInformation Sciences in the School of Business Administration at StetsonUniversity in DeLand, Florida. Winner of Stetson University's McEniry Award forExcellence in Teaching, the highest honor given to a Stetson University facultymember, Dr. Thorne also is the recipient of the Outstanding Teacher of the YearAward and Professor of the Year Award in the School of Business Administrationat Stetson. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Geneva College andthe Master of Arts and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University. She co-authored AppliedStatistical Methods for Business, Economics and the Social Sciences(Prentice Hall, 1997) with Bill Carlson. Dr. Thorne is a member of the planningcommittee and serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Making Statistics MoreEffective in Schools and Business conferences where she meets annually withfellow statisticians to discuss research and teaching issues. She also is amember of Decision Sciences Institute, the American Society for Quality, andthe American Statistical Association.

She and her husband, Jim, have four children. They travel extensively, enjoycruising, attend theological classes, and participate in