Data Analysis and Decision Making with Microsoft Excel (with InfoTrac and CD-ROM)

by Albright, S. Christian; Winston, Wayne; Zappe, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780534383671
• ISBN10: 053438367X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-12
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

The emphasis of the text is on data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use in statistics and management science. This text contains professional Excel software add-ins. The authors maintain the elements that have made this text a market leader in its first edition: clarity of writing, a teach-by-example approach, and complete Excel integration.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Data Analysis and Decision Making	1	(28)
Part I: Getting, Describing, and Summarizing Data
Describing Data: Graphs and Tables	29	(46)
Describing Data: Summary Measures	75	(54)
Getting the Right Data	129	(60)
Part II: Probability, Uncertainty, and Decision Making
Probability and Probability Distributions	189	(50)
Normal, Binomial, Poisson, and Exponential Distributions	239	(60)
Decision Making Under Uncertainty	299	(66)
Part III: Statistical Inference
Sampling and Sampling Distributions	365	(50)
Confidence Interval Estimation	415	(64)
Hypothesis Testing	479	(68)
Part IV: Regression, Forecasting, and Time Series
Regression Analysis: Estimating Relationships	547	(72)
Regression Analysis: Statistical Inference	619	(70)
Time Series Analysis and Forecasting	689	(72)
Part V: Decision Modeling
Introduction to Optimization Modeling	761	(42)
Optimization Modeling: Applications	803	(74)
Simulation Models	877	(94)
References	971	(4)
Appendix A: Statistical Reporting	975	(18)
Index	993