Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics

by Anderson, David R.; Sweeney, Dennis J.; Williams, Thomas A.

• ISBN13: 9780324003284
• ISBN10: 0324003285
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-27
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

A brief introduction to business statistics that balances a conceptual understanding of statistics with the real-world application of statistical methodology. This essentials version features selected core topics from the authors' market-leading Statistics for Business and Economics, 7th, presented in 13 chapters. It includes the highly-regarded strengths of its parent, including the problem-scenario approach that uses real-world examples to introduce statistical techniques. Methods, Applications, and Self-Test exercises include hundreds of problems based on real data. Examples and exercises throughout focus on ways that statistics contribute to improving the quality of products and services. This text can also be computer integrated at the discretion of the instructor. Instruction for data analysis based on Microsoft Excel and Minitab is included in appendices of appropriate chapters. Case problems are also provided with the text, with data sets available on disk for both Minitab and Excel formats.

Author Biography

David R. Anderson is Professor of Quantitative Analysis in the College of Business Administration at the University of Cincinnati.

Table of Contents

Preface
About the Authors
Data and Statistics	1	(21)
Descriptive Statistics I: Tabular and Graphical Methods	22	(46)
Descriptive Statistics II: Numerical Methods	68	(60)
Introduction to Probability	128	(45)
Discrete Probability Distributions	173	(39)
Continuous Probability Distributions	212	(33)
Sampling and Sampling Distributions	245	(39)
Interval Estimation	284	(35)
Hypothesis Testing	319	(43)
Comparisons Involving Means	362	(54)
Comparisons Involving Proportions	416	(32)
Regression Analysis	448	(76)
Statistical Methods for Quality Control	524
Appendix A References and Bibliography	A2	(1)
Appendix B Tables	A3	(1)
Appendix C Summation Notation	A33	(1)
Appendix D Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises	A35	(1)
Appendix E Solutions to Self-Test Exercises	A48	(1)
Index	I1