Statistics for Business and Economics (with Student CD-ROM, iPod Key Term, and InfoTrac)

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

• ISBN13: 9780324380255
• ISBN10: 0324380259
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-28
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

This market leading text offers proven, comprehensive, applications-oriented approach. Written by authors who are highly regarded in the field, the text provides sound methodological development. The discussion and development of each technique is presented in an application setting, with the statistical results providing insights to decisions and solutions to problems. Statistics for Business and Economics, 9e offers proven accuracy that has led instructors to adopt it simply for its superior examples and exercises alone.

Table of Contents

Data and Statistics

Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Presentations

Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures

Introduction to Probability

Discrete Probability Distributions

Continuous Probability Distributions

Sampling and Sampling Distributions

Interval Estimation

Hypothesis Testing

Statistical Inference about Means and Proportions with Two Populations

Inferences about Population Variances

Tests of Goodness of Fit and Independence

Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design

Simple Linear Regression

Multiple Regression

Regression Analysis: Model Building

Index Numbers

Forecasting

Nonparametric Methods

Statistical Methods for Quality Control

Decision Analysis

Sample Survey

References and Bibliography

Tables

Summation Notation

Self-Test Solutions and Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises

Index

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