Business Analytics and Statistics, 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition

Ken Black

Professor of Decision Sciences in the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Houston–Clear Lake. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Graceland College; a Master of Arts in mathematics education from the University of Texas at El Paso; a Doctor of Philosophy in business administration in management science; and a Doctor of Philosophy in educational research from the University of North Texas.

Ken has taught all levels of statistics courses: forecasting, management science, market research and production/operations management. He has published 20 journal articles, over 20 professional papers and two textbooks: Business Statistics: An Introductory Course and Business Statistics: For Contemporary Decision Making. Ken has consulted for many different companies, including Aetna, the City of Houston, NYLCare, AT&T, Johnson Space Centre, Southwest Information Resources, Connect Corporation and Eagle Engineering.

John Asafu-Adjaye

Associate Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Queensland (UQ). He obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in agricultural economics from the University of Ghana and then earned a Master of Science in operations research from the Aston Business School, UK. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy in natural resource economics at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

At UQ, John has taught a number of courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including business and economic statistics, natural resource economics, environmental economics and applied econometrics. His research activities include policy analysis of economic and development issues in Africa and the Asia–Pacific region. John is the author or co-author of over 100 research-based publications, including 9 books and monographs, 8 book chapters, 71 peer-reviewed journal articles and 14 commissioned reports.

Paul Burke

Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Education in the Department of Marketing at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). He is also Deputy Director of UTS’ Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (BIDA) Research Centre. Paul obtained a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honours in Marketing) from the University of Sydney. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching & Learning from UTS. Paul has won teaching awards for his work in business statistics and large class teaching from UTS as well as national recognition with citations from the Carrick Institute and the Australian Learning Teaching Council. He has published in many international journals including Research Policy, Educational Researcher, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Operations Management, Transportation Research and Journal of Product Innovation Management. His research interests are in choice modelling, experimental design and consumer behaviour applied in the fields of education, ethical consumerism and innovation. He has been chief investigator on many large-scale grants including Discovery and Linkage grants from the Australian Research Council (ARC), working with many international companies and organisations.

R. Nazim Khan

Lecturer and consultant in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Western Australia. He earned a Bachelor of Engineering in electrical engineering from the University of Western Australia, a Technical Teachers Certificate from the Fiji Institute of Teaching, a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in mathematics and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Western Australia. Nazim has taught decision theory at the MBA level, financial mathematics, forecasting and statistics. Nazim is an active researcher in statistics and applications, and collaborates with researchers in a wide range of disciplines. He has also presented several papers and published several articles in mathematics and statistics education. Nazim has consulted for various companies and research groups in his capacity as consultant with the UWA Statistical Consulting Group.

Carl Sherwood

Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Queensland. He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from the University of Queensland. With 20 years of professional experience as an engineer, Carl has crafted his teaching by capturing this wealth of business experience to make courses relevant to students.

Carl has been teaching a variety of subjects at the University of Queensland for more than a decade. He has primarily concentrated on teaching statistics, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as teaching business economics to managers studying at MBA level. As a result of his teaching efforts, Carl has won a variety of teaching awards, including an Australian Award for University Teaching Excellence (2017), University of Queensland Award for Teaching Excellence (2015), National Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2015), and Queensland Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2011). One of Carl’s areas of research centres on exploring how statistics can be made more meaningful, practical and engaging for students.

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