Intermediate Accounting


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Lo/Fisher is praised for its readability and conversational writing style that helps students better understand difficult concepts in Accounting. Lo/Fisher presents the how and why of reporting accounting information from within an easily-understood theoretical framework. Lo/Fisher has a clean layout that engages the reader with a clear writing style using plain English. This text is built on the current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and incorporates Accounting Standards for Private Enterprise (ASPE) where appropriate. Our philosophy is that when students understand the current standards, they will be able to analyze and interpret changes in the future. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyAccountingLab does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyManagementLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyAccountingLab, search for: 0134145054 / 9780134145051 Intermediate Accounting, Vol. 1 Plus MyAccountingLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, 3/e Package consists of: 0133865940 / 9780133865943 Intermediate Accounting, Vol. 1 0134193482 / 9780134193489 NEW MyAccountingLab with Pearson eText -- Valuepack Access Card -- for Intermediate Accounting, Vol. 1







Books In Print 2004-2005


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The Accounting Game


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A clear, easy-to-understand explanation of key financial accounting basics. The world of accounting can be intimidating. Whether you're a manager, business owner, aspiring entrepreneur, or taking a college course in accounting, you'll find yourself need to know the basics...but baffled by complicated accounting books. What if learning accounting could be as simple and fun as running a child's lemonade stand? It can. The Accounting Game presents financial information in a format so simple and so unlike a common accounting textbook, you may forget you're learning skills that will help you get ahead! Using the world of a child's lemonade stand to teach the basics of managing your finances, this book makes a dry subject fun and understandable. As you run your stand, you'll begin to understand and apply financial terms and concepts like assets, liabilities, earnings, inventory and notes payable, plus: Interactive format gives you hands-on experience Color-coded charts and worksheets help you remember key terms Step-by-step process takes you from novice to expert with ease Fun story format speeds retention of essential concepts Designed to apply what you learn to the real world The revolutionary approach of The Accounting Game takes the difficult subjects of accounting and business finance and makes them something you can easily learn, understand, remember and use! Praise for The Accounting Game: "The game approach makes the subject matter most understandable. I highly recommend it to anyone frightened by either numbers or accountants." —John Hernandis, Director of Corporate Communications, American Greetings "Fantastic Learning Tool...Don't let this book title fool you. It is not an oversimplification of accounting and financial principles. It is, however, a serious and very effective examination of a very small but progressively complex business. There are not many books available on the market that make a complex and dry subject understandable and even fun. This book successfully does just that." —Amazon Reviewer




Schaum's Outline of Principles of Accounting I


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Confusing Textbooks? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's Outlines. More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's to help them succeed in the classroom and on exams. Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. Each Outline presents all the essential course information in an easy-to-follow, topic-by-topic format. You also get hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. This Schaum's Outline gives you Practice problems with full explanations that reinforce knowledge Coverage of the most up-to-date developments in your course field In-depth review of practices and applications Fully compatible with your classroom text, Schaum's highlights all the important facts you need to know. Use Schaum's to shorten your study time-and get your best test scores! Schaum's Outlines-Problem Solved.




Take Action CD to accompany Intermediate Accounting, 11th Edition


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Work more effectively and gauge your progress as you go along! This Take Action! CD-ROM that is designed to accompany Kieso’s Intermediate Accounting, 11th Edition contains the professional, analyst, and student helper toolkit and other features such as the learning styles quiz, interactive self-study and self-test questions, FMN Videos and the Accounting Cycle Tutorial. This new CD also contains eight new voice-guided tutorials covering LIFO, bad debts, basic inventory issues, depreciation, interest capitalization, impairments, and Concept Statement No. 7. Intermediate Accounting by Kieso, Weygandt and Warfield is, quite simply, the standard by which all other intermediate texts are measured. Through thirty years and ten best-selling editions, the text has built a reputation for accuracy, comprehensiveness, and student success. The Eleventh Edition maintains the qualities for which the text is globally recognized, and continues to be your students' gateway to the profession!







Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition


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Now in its third edition, this classic book is widely considered the leading text on Bayesian methods, lauded for its accessible, practical approach to analyzing data and solving research problems. Bayesian Data Analysis, Third Edition continues to take an applied approach to analysis using up-to-date Bayesian methods. The authors—all leaders in the statistics community—introduce basic concepts from a data-analytic perspective before presenting advanced methods. Throughout the text, numerous worked examples drawn from real applications and research emphasize the use of Bayesian inference in practice. New to the Third Edition Four new chapters on nonparametric modeling Coverage of weakly informative priors and boundary-avoiding priors Updated discussion of cross-validation and predictive information criteria Improved convergence monitoring and effective sample size calculations for iterative simulation Presentations of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo, variational Bayes, and expectation propagation New and revised software code The book can be used in three different ways. For undergraduate students, it introduces Bayesian inference starting from first principles. For graduate students, the text presents effective current approaches to Bayesian modeling and computation in statistics and related fields. For researchers, it provides an assortment of Bayesian methods in applied statistics. Additional materials, including data sets used in the examples, solutions to selected exercises, and software instructions, are available on the book’s web page.




Loose-leaf Intermediate Accounting


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Rated the most satisfying textbook by students in independent research, Spiceland/Sepe/Nelson’s Intermediate Accounting, 6th Edition, has the quality, flexibility, and attention to detail students need to master a challenging subject. It's your Vehicle to Success in the Intermediate Accounting course and beyond! Spiceland/Sepe/Nelson provides a decision maker’s perspective to emphasize the professional judgment and critical thinking skills required of accountants today. Reviewers, instructors, and student users of Spiceland have enthusiastically embraced the relaxed, conversational writing style that engages students in an enjoyable and effective learning experience. In addition, accounting's preeminent textbook website provides students a wide variety of electronic learning resources, including iPod content. Study Guide, Instructor's Manual, Solutions Manual, Testbank, and Website content are all created by authors, ensuring seamless compatibility throughout the Spiceland learning package. The end-of-chapter material is also written by the author team and tested in their own classes before being included in Intermediate Accounting. Few areas see the kind of rapid change that accounting does, and the Spiceland team is committed to staying current. The sixth edition fully integrates all the latest FASB Standards, and the authors are committed to keeping you updated with all relevant content changes throughout the edition.