Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel

by Levine, David M.; Stephan, David; Krehbiel, Timothy C.; Berenson, Mark L.

• ISBN13: 9780130290908
• ISBN10: 0130290904
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover w/CD
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

For one- or two-term courses in Business Statistics at the undergraduate or graduate level. This hallmark text was the first to thoroughly integrate the use of Microsoft Excel and still provides more Excel coverage than any other textbook. The streamlined coverage (15 chapters) focuses on the concepts of statistics with applications to the functional areas of business. It is rich with applications from accounting, finance, marketing, management and economics. There is significant emphasis on using statistical software as a tool, with most examples presented in a spreadsheet environment. This is the #1 best-selling business statistics text!

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Introduction and Data Collection	1	(44)
Excel Primer	27	(18)
Presenting Data in Tables and Charts	45	(62)
Numerical Descriptive Measures	107	(52)
Basic Probability and Discrete Probability Distribution	159	(64)
The Normal Distribution and Sampling Distributions	223	(60)
Confidence Interval Estimation	283	(50)
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests	333	(40)
Two-Sample Tests with Numerical Data	373	(48)
Analysis of Variance	421	(48)
Tests for Two or More Samples with Categorical Data	469	(42)
Simple Linear Regression	511	(70)
Multiple Regression	581	(72)
Time-Series Analysis	653	(66)
Decision Making	719	(30)
Statistical Applications in Quality and Productivity Management	749	(43)
Answers to Selected Problems	792	(13)
Appendices A---G	805	(68)
Index	873