Essentials of Business Statistics

by Bowerman, Bruce L.; O'Connell, Richard T.; Murphree, Emily S.; Orris, J. Burdeane

• ISBN13: 9780078020537
• ISBN10: 0078020530
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780077641214
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780073401829
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-01-09
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Summary

The primary goal of Essentials of Business Statistics is to illustrate an accurate view of business statistics in a way that students can easily understand. This is achieved in the following ways:

• New statistical topics and tools are introduced by using continuing case studies. This approach helps to alleviate student anxiety in learning new concepts and enhances overall comprehension
• Streamlined and clarified coverage of graphical and numerical methods
• New graphically based procedures for finding confidence intervals and performing hypothesis tests
• Increased emphasis on Excel and MINITAB with improved and updated step-by-step instructions in the end of chapter material
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Business Statistics

Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods

Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods

Chapter 4 Probability

Chapter 5 Discrete Random Variables

Chapter 6 Continuous Random Variables

Chapter 7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions

Chapter 8 Confidence Intervals

Chapter 9 Hypothesis Testing

Chapter 10 Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples

Chapter 11 Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance

Chapter 12 Chi-Square Tests

Chapter 13 Simple Linear Regression Analysis

Chapter 14 Multiple Regression and Model Building

Appendix A Statistical Tables

Answers to Most Odd-Numbered Exercises

Preferences

Photo Credits

Index

Chapter 15 Process Improvement Using Control Charts