Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank to the following individuals who reviewed the text and whose contributions were invaluable in shaping the final product:
| Carlos Aguilar | El Paso Community College |
| Jeff Ankrom | Wittenberg University |
| Lee Ash | Skagit Valley Community College |
| Randall Bennett | Gonzaga University |
| Joseph Calhoun | Florida State University |
| Richard Cantrell | Western Kentucky University |
| Gregg Davis | Flathead Valley Community College |
| Kevin Dunagan | Oakton Community College |
| Mona El Shazly | Columbia College |
| Jose Esteban | Palomar College |
| Maurita Fawls | Portland Community College |
| Fred Foldvary | Santa Clara University |
| Richard Fowles | University of Utah |
| Doris Geide-Stevenson | Weber State University |
| Sarmila Ghosh | University of Scranton, Kania School of Management |
| David Gordon | Illinois Valley Community College |
| Clinton Greene | University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| James Holcomb | University of Texas at El Paso |
| Phil Holleran | Mitchell Community College |
| Yu Hsing | Southeastern Louisiana University |
| Thomas Hyclak | Lehigh University |
| Bruce Johnson | Centre College |
| James Kahiga | Georgia Perimeter College |
| Andrew Kohen | James Madison University |
| Monaco Kristen | California State University–Long Beach |
| Mark Maier | Glendale Community College |
| David McClough | Bowling Green State University |
| Ann McPherren | Huntington University |
| John Min | Northern Virginia Community College |
| Shahriar Mostashari | Campbell University, Lundy-Fetterman School of Business |
| Francis Mummery | Fullerton College |
| Robert Murphy | Boston College |
| Kathryn Nantz | Fairfield University |
| Paul Okello | Tarrant County College-South Campus |
| Nicholas Peppes | St. Louis Community College |
| Ramoo Ratha | Diablo Valley College |
| Teresa Riley | Youngstown State University |
| Michael Robinson | Mount Holyoke College |
| Anirban Sengupta | Texas A&M University |
| John Solow | The University of Iowa |
| John Somers | Portland Community College |
| Charles Staelin | Smith College |
| Richard Stratton | The University of Akron |
| Kay E. Strong | Bowling Green State University–Firelands |
| Della Sue | Marist College |
| John Vahaly | University of Louisville |
| Robert Whaples | Wake Forest University |
| Mark Wheeler | Western Michigan University |
| Leslie Wolfson | The Pingry School |
| Sourushe Zandvakili | University of Cincinnati |
We would like to extend a special thank you to the following instructors who class tested the text in their courses:
| Johnathan Millman | University of Massachusetts–Boston |
| John Min | Northern Virginia Community College |
| Kristen Monaco | California State University–Long Beach |
| Steve Skinner | Western Connecticut State University |
| Richard Stratton | University of Akron |