Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics with Data Files CD-ROM

by Anderson, David R.; Sweeney, Dennis J.; Williams, Thomas A.

• ISBN13: 9780324145809
• ISBN10: 0324145802
• Edition: CD
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-18
• Publisher: South-Western College Pub

Summary

A brief introduction to business statistics that balances a conceptual understanding of statistics with the real-world application of statistical methodology. This essentials version features selected core topics from the authors' market-leading Statistics for Business and Economics, 8th, presented in 13 chapters. It includes the highly-regarded strengths of the longer text, including the problem-scenario approach that uses real-world examples to introduce statistical techniques. Methods, Applications, and Self-Test exercises include hundreds of problems based on real data. Examples and exercises throughout focus on ways that statistics contribute to improving the quality of products and services. This text can also be computer integrated at the discretion of the instructor. Instruction for data analysis based on Microsoft Excel and Minitab is included in appendices of appropriate chapters. Case problems are also provided with the text, with data sets available on disk for both Minitab and Excel formats.

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
About the Authors	xxviii
Data and Statistics	1	(22)
Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods	23	(52)
Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods	75	(64)
Introduction to Probability	139	(46)
Discrete Probability Distributions	185	(40)
Continuous Probability Distributions	225	(30)
Sampling and Sampling Distributions	255	(41)
Interval Estimation	296	(41)
Hypothesis Testing	337	(50)
Comparisons Involving Means	387	(59)
Comparisons Involving Proportions and a Test of Independence	446	(32)
Simple Linear Regression	478	(69)
Multiple Regression	547	(48)
Appendixes	595	(56)
Appendix A References and Bibliography	596	(1)
Appendix B Tables	597	(21)
Appendix C Summation Notation	618	(2)
Appendix D Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises	620	(14)
Appendix E Solutions to Self-Test Exercises	634	(17)
Index	651