This textbook provides a practice-oriented introduction to the fundamentals, techniques, and applications of descriptive statistics, covering all important aspects of a course on the subject. It addresses the basic methods of univariate and bivariate procedures, which are applied to business examples using computer-based calculations. Students gain the competence to efficiently apply descriptive methods in the computer programs Excel, SPSS, and STATA, calculate results independently, and, most importantly, interpret them. In favor of an intuitive approach, the book largely avoids mathematical representations and derivations. The present second edition has been updated to reflect the latest software updates and includes a new chapter on index calculation. Numerous exercises with solutions support targeted exam preparation.