Acknowledgments
We thank Mac Mendelsohn, Managing Editor at Course Technology, for his
support and enthusiasm for the First Edition of this book. For this edition,
our thanks to Jessica Rasile, Content Project Manager, Blue Bungalow Design
for the cover design, and Carol A. Loomis, Copyeditor, for their professional
attention to all the details of production.
Special thanks go to our reviewers, who gave us valuable insights into
improving the book in each edition: Aaron S. Liswood, Sierra Nevada College;
Abbot L. Packard, State University of West Georgia; Andrew E. Coop, US Air
Force Academy; Barry Bombay, J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College;
Beth Eschenback, Humboldt State University; Bruce Trumbo, California
State University – Hayward; Carl Grafton, Auburn University; Carl R.
Williams, University of Memphis; Cheryl Dale, William Carey College; Dang
Tran, California State University – Los Angeles; Bruce Marsh, Texas A &
M University – Kingsvile; Edward J. Williams, University of Michigan –
Dearborn; Eric Zivot, University of Washington; Farrokh Alemi, George
Mason University; Faye Teer, James Madison University; Gordon Dahl,
University of Rochester; Ian Hardie, University of Maryland; Jack Harris,
Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Ames E. Pratt, Cornell University;
James Zumbrunnen, Colorado State University; John A. Austin, Jr.,
Louisiana State University – Shreveport; Kelwyn A. D’Souza, Hampton
University; Kevin Griffi n, Eastern Arizona College; Lea Cloninger, University
of Illinois at Chicago; Lorrie Hoffman, University of Central Florida; Marion
G. Sobol, Southern Methodist University, and Matthew C. Dixon, USAF
Academy.
We thank Laura Berk, Peter Berk, Robert Beyer, David Booth, Orlyn Edge,
Stephen Friedberg, Maria Gillett, Richard Goldstein, Glenn Hart, Lotus
Hershberger, Les Montgomery, Joyce Nervades, Diane Warfi eld, and Kemp
Wills for their assistance with the data sets in this book. We especially want to
thank Dr. Jeff Steagall, who wrote some of the original material for Chapter 12,
Quality Control. If we have missed anyone, please forgive the omission.
Kenneth N. Berk
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