Statistics for Business and Economics

by Anderson, David Ray

• ISBN13: 9780538875936
• ISBN10: 0538875933
• Edition: Disk
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: West Publishing Company

Summary

With Anderson/Sweeney/Williams' market-leading STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, 10e, you'll learn much more than simply how to solve statistical equations. You'll discover how statistical results provide insights into business decisions and present solutions to business problems. Numerous actual examples, proven methods, and application exercises provide practical clarity to even complex concepts, while self-testing exercises allow you to assess your personal understanding. Maximize your study time and efficiently complete homework with this edition's innovative ThomsonNOWTM online learning system that creates a personalized study plan focusing on the statistical concepts you still need to master. A useful CD-ROM, available at no extra cost with each new text, provides data files to help you master key statistical software for success in today's classroom and tomorrow's business world.

Table of Contents

Preface	xxiii	(6)
About the Authors	xxix
Chapter 1 Data and Statistics	1	(22)
Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics I: Tabular and Graphical Methods	23	(40)
Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics II: Numerical Methods	63	(62)
Chapter 4 Introduction to Probability	125	(48)
Chapter 5 Discrete Probability Distributions	173	(40)
Chapter 6 Continuous Probability Distributions	213	(34)
Chapter 7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions	247	(44)
Chapter 8 Interval Estimation	291	(36)
Chapter 9 Hypothesis Testing	327	(56)
Chapter 10 Statistical Inference about Means and Proportions with Two Populations	383	(42)
Chapter 11 Inferences about Population Variances	425	(24)
Chapter 12 Tests of Goodness of Fit and Independence	449	(34)
Chapter 13 Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design	483	(60)
Chapter 14 Simple Linear Regression	543	(78)
Chapter 15 Multiple Regression	621	(56)
Chapter 16 Regression Analysis: Model Building	677	(54)
Chapter 17 Index Numbers	731	(22)
Chapter 18 Forecasting	753	(50)
Chapter 19 Nonparametric Methods	803	(38)
Chapter 20 Statistical Methods for Quality Control	841	(32)
Chapter 21 Sample Survey	873
Appendix A References and Bibliography	A-2	(2)
Appendix B Tables	A-4	(35)
Appendix C Summation Notation	A-39	(2)
Appendix D Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises	A-41	(18)
Appendix E Solutions to Self-Test Exercises	A-59
Index	I-1