Business Statistics in Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 16. March 2001
Book
Mixed media product
978-0-07-241665-7 (ISBN)
Description
This text delivers clear and understandable explanations of business statistics concepts through the use of case studies and examples that reflect real applications of statistics relevant to business students. The richness and relevance of the data sets used to demonstrate statistical concepts sets this book apart from its competitors. Bowerman/ O'Connell/ Hand (BOH) also provides a fresh technology perspective. Excel and minitab output is included in the text to help students visualise concepts, and the coverage of the Internet included in the book is second to none.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
1820 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-241665-7 (9780072416657)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. An Introduction to Business Statistics. 2. Descriptive Statistics. 3. Probability. 4. Discrete Random Variables. 5. Continuous Random Variables. 6. Sampling Distributions. 7. Confidence Intervals. 8. Hypothesis Testing. 9. Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples. 10. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance. 11. Simple Linear Regression Analysis. 12. Multiple Regression. 13. Model Diagnostics and Model Building. 14. Time Series Forecasting. 15. Process Improvement Using Control Charts. 16. Nonparametric Methods. 17. Chi-Square Tests. 18. Decision Theory. Appendix A: Statistical Tables. Appendix B: Counting Rules. Appendix C: The Hypergeometric Distribution. Contents on CD-Rom: Appendix D: Properties of the Mean and the Variance of a Random Variable, and the Covariance Between Two Random Variables. Appendix E: Derivations of the Mean and the Variance of the Sample Mean and of the Mean and the Variance of the Sample Proportion. Appendix F: Cluster Sampling and Rations Estimation. Appendix G: Using Matrix Algebra to perform Regression Calculations. Appendix H: The Regression Approach to Two-Way Analysis of Variance. Appendix I: Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Multidimensional Scaling. Appendix J: The Box-Jenkins' Methodology. Appendix K: The Updating Equations for the Holt-Winters' Models. Appendix L: Individuals Charts and c Charts.