Books by Erol A. Peköz

The Manager's Guide to Statistics is an introduction to statistics for aspiring managers, leaders and decision makers who do not need to know all the details of statistical theory and just want real applications and commonsense explanations using words and diagrams -- without a jumble of Greek letters and mathematical formulas. The focus is on conceptual understanding, simplicity, and counterintuitive phenomena that can occur. This textbook is for an undergraduate or MBA introductory statistics course and covers summary statistics, probability, hypothesis testing, correlation, multiple regression, and includes an Excel add-in for histograms and stepwise regression. You may download the data sets and statistical software mentioned in the book. To see inside the book, click here and then click “look inside” or alternatively download an excerpt here. If you are an instructor you can request an evaluation copy or detailed problem solutions by sending email to sales@probabilitybookstore.com

A Second Course in Probability is for undergraduate and graduate students in statistics, mathematics, engineering, finance, and actuarial science, and is a guided tour designed to give familiarity with advanced topics in probability without having to wade through the exhaustive coverage of the classic advanced probability theory books. Topics covered here include measure theory, limit theorems, bounding probabilities and expectations, coupling and Stein's method, martingales, Markov chains, renewal theory, and Brownian motion. No other text covers all these advanced topics rigorously but at such an accessible level; all you need to get started here is calculus and material from a first undergraduate course in probability. Any other concepts required, such as the definition of convergence, the Lebesgue integral, and of countable and uncountable sets, are introduced as needed.