The Practice of Statistics for Business and Economics
3rd Edition
Published on 7. February 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
695 pages
978-1-4292-8829-3 (ISBN)
Description
Immerses students in the course immediately, involving them in practical, statistics-supported business decision making from the outset. Using real data to provide a context for tackling modern business problems, it introduces a range of core ideas early - including data production and interpretation.
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Edition
3rd ed. 2010
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Macmillan Learning
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
695 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4292-8829-3 (9781429288293)
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David S. Moore | George P. McCabe | William M. Duckworth
The Practice of Statistics for Business and Economics
Book
12/2010
3rd Edition
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
€80.65
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Persons
DAVID S. MOORE Purdue University, USA, Original author of unique stats approach and The Practice Franchise of Stat books (published by WH Freeman).
GEORGE P. McCABE Purdue University, USA, Head of the Statistical Consulting Service. Elected fellow of the American Statistical Association, 1998 Chair of its section on Statistical Consulting.
WILLIAM M. DUCKWORTH II Iowa State University, USA, Specializes in Statistics Education and Design of Experiments. He has many professional affiliations (ie. ASA and the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE).
LAYTH ALWAN University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. He has a background in operations management and statistical quality control.
BRUCE CRAIG Purdue University, USA. He is professor of Statistics and Director of Statistical Consulting at Purdue.
GEORGE P. McCABE Purdue University, USA, Head of the Statistical Consulting Service. Elected fellow of the American Statistical Association, 1998 Chair of its section on Statistical Consulting.
WILLIAM M. DUCKWORTH II Iowa State University, USA, Specializes in Statistics Education and Design of Experiments. He has many professional affiliations (ie. ASA and the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE).
LAYTH ALWAN University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. He has a background in operations management and statistical quality control.
BRUCE CRAIG Purdue University, USA. He is professor of Statistics and Director of Statistical Consulting at Purdue.
Content
PART I: DATA Examining Distributions; Examining Relationships; Producing Data.- PART II: PROBABILITY AND INFERENCE Probability and Sampling Distributions; Probability Theory; Introduction to Inference; Inference for Distributions; Inference for Proportions.- PART III: TOPICS IN INFERENCE Inference for Two-Way Tables; Inference for Regression; Multiple Regression; Statistics for Quality: Control and Capability; Time Series Forecasting; One-Way Analysis of Variance.- PART IV: OPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL COMPANION CHAPTERS Two-Way Analysis of Variance; Nonparametric Tests; Logistic Regression.