Statistics for Management and Economics

by Keller, Gerald; Warrack, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780534368302
• ISBN10: 0534368301
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-18
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

This best-selling text teaches students how to apply statistics to real business problems through the authors' unique approach. Keller and Warrack teach students a three-step approach to problem solving: to identify the right technique by focusing on the relationship between the problem and the data; to solve the problem by hand calculation, or by using Microsoft« Excel or MINITABÖ; and to interpret the results. Step-by-step instructions for both Excel and MINITAB are integrated throughout the book. This approach offers maximum flexibility to instructors wishing to teach concepts primarily by hand or with the computer (Excel or MINITAB) or by using both computer and hand calculation methods.

Table of Contents

What Is Statistics	1	(16)
Graphical Descriptivbe Techniques	17	(56)
Art and Science of Graphical Presentations	73	(16)
Numerical Descriptive Measures	89	(58)
Data Collection and Sampling	147	(18)
Probability and Discrete Probability Distributions	165	(70)
Continuous Probability Distributions	235	(26)
Sampling Distributions	261	(24)
Introduction to Estimation	285	(26)
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing	311	(36)
Inference About the Description of a Single Population	347	(46)
Inference About the Comparison of Two Populations	393	(68)
Statistical Inference: A Review of Chapters 11 and 12	461	(19)
Analysis of Variance	480	(63)
Additional Test for Qualitative Data	543	(32)
Nonparametric Statistics	575	(50)
Simple Linear Regression and Correlation	625	(54)
Multiple Regression	679	(52)
Model Building	731	(46)
Time-Series Analysis and Forecasting	777	(56)
Statistical Process Control	833	(34)
Statistical Inference: Conclusion	867
Appendix A Data File Sample Statistics	A-1
Appendix B Tables	B-1
Appendix C Answers to Selected Even-Numbered Exercises	C-1
Index	I-1