Business Statistics in Practice w/Student CD

by Bowerman, Bruce L.

• ISBN13: 9780077242534
• ISBN10: 007724253X
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-21
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

The new edition of Business Statistics in Practice provides a modern, practical, and unique framework for teaching the first course in business statistics. This framework features case study and example- driven discussions of all basic business statistics topics. In addition, the authors have rewritten many of the discussions in this edition and have explained concepts more simply from first principles. The only prerequisite for this text is high school algebra.

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Business Statistics

Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods

Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods

Probability

Discrete Random Variables

Continuous Random Variables

Sampling Distributions

Confidence Intervals

Hypothesis Testing

Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples

Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance

Chi-Square Tests

Simple Linear Regression Analysis

Multiple Regression

Model Buildling and Model Diagnostics

Time Series Forecasting

Process Improvement Using Control Charts

Nonparametric Methods

Decision Theory

Statistical Tables

Counting Rules

Hypergeometric Distribution

Properties of the Mean and the Varijance of a Random Variable, and the Covariance

Derivations of the Mean and Variance of x(bar) and p(hat). On CD-ROM

(Part I): Stratified Random Sampling

(Part II): Cluster Sampling and Ratios Estimation

Using Matrix Algebra to Perform Regression Calculations

The Regression Approach to Two-Way Anallysis of Variance

Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Multidimensional Scaling

The Box-Jenkins Methodology

Holt-Winters’ Models

Individual Charts and c Charts

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