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Amir D. Aczel is with the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, and is an occasional business commentator on CNN. He earned his B.A. in mathematics and M.S. in operations research from the University of California–Berkeley, and he was awarded his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Oregon. Prior to assuming his current position, Aczel lived and taught in California, Alaska, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. Aczel is the author of 11 books on mathematics, business, and statistics. His best known book, Fermat's Last Theorem, discusses the quest to prove a heretofore unprovable mathematical theorem. The recently published The Riddle of the Compass discusses the invention of the compass.
Aczel's wide-ranging interests, which are evident in Complete Business Statistics, reflect the international scope of the author's experience, the authority of his educational background, and the practical bent he has displayed in his other writing. Aczel lives with his wife and daughter in the greater Boston area.

Jayavel Sounderpandian is a professor of quantitative methods at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, where he has been teaching business statistics and operations management for 21 years. He earned his doctoral and master's degrees in business from Kent State University and received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Before turning to academia, Sounderpandian worked as an engineer for seven years at an aircraft manufacturing company in India.
Besides this textbook, Sounderpandian has written four supplemental textbooks that focus on the use of spreadsheets in business statistics, market research, and operations management. He has several years of experience in using spreadsheet templates in the classroom, and he has applied that expertise in designing the more than 100 templates in this textbook. Sounderpandian's research interests are in decision and risk analysis, and he has published widely in leading journals such as Operations Research, Abacus, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, International Journal of Production Economics, and Interfaces.
In his spare time, Sounderpandian composes and solves mathematical puzzles. His mathematical creativity and industrial experience are behind many of the case studies in this textbook. Sounderpandian and his wife live in Racine, Wisconsin. They have three daughters.