This book covers in a single comprehensive work two areas that have traditionally been taught as separate subjects. It covers every level of accounting from the shop floor to the board room and shows, with practical examples, how theory is applied every day. Written in a highly accessible style with an absolute minimum of technical jargon this text is the perfect introduction.

The sixth edition of Statistics: - provides a first-class introduction to the subject with careful, lucid explanations; - discusses statistics in six parts: - Introduction - Compilation and presentation - Frequency distributions - Correlation - Time series and index numbers - Sampling theory and inference; - offers complete coverage of introductory professional and academic courses on statistics and quantitative methods; - features end-of-chapter assignments, numerous practice questions with worked answers and a large appendix of examination questions.