Mathematical Applications for the Management, Life, and Social Sciences

Harshbarger (U. of South Carolina, Beaufort) and Reynolds (Clarion U. of Pennsylvania) explain mathematical skills and concepts and their application to ideas important to students in the management, life, and social sciences, allowing them to see the math in a practical setting relevant to their intended careers. Although students need knowledge of two years of high school algebra or its equivalent, a brief review of algebra is provided. This edition has two new appendices, a graphic calculator guide and an Excel guide; references to specific calculator and Excel steps in the appendices each time a new technology process is introduced; streamlined exposition and example discussions; a rewritten section on fitting curves to data with graphic utilities; a reorganized section on Gauss-Jordan elimination; updated and replaced real-data examples and exercises; revised and reorganized drill exercises; additional multistep applications; and added images and illustrations. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)