Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, this new third edition of "Essential Statistics" provides students with a strong conceptual foundation, but continues to stress application. Class-tested learning objectives, key term lists, and numerous tables, figures, and charts further enhance skill acquisition. Fully updated, this edition touts: two new chapters on applications in performance management and analysis and ANOVA; new coverage of essential nonparametric alternatives to conventional inferential statistics; and, additional material on performance management, going beyond an emphasis on performance measurement.