Applied Statistics in Business and Economics

✍ Scribed by David Doane, Lori Seward

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 865
• Edition: 5th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Provides real meaning to the use of statistics in the real world by using real business situations and real data while appealing students to know the why rather than just the how. In this book, the emphasis is on: thinking about data, choosing appropriate analytic tools, using computers effectively, and recognizing limitations of statistics.

✦ Table of Contents

Chapter One: Overview of Statistics
Chapter Two: Data Collection
Chapter Three: Describing Data Visually
Chapter Four: Descriptive Statistics
Chapter Five: Probability
Chapter Six: Discrete Probability Distributions
Chapter Seven: Continuous Probability Distributions
Chapter Eight: Sampling Distributions and Estimation
Chapter Nine: One-Sample Hypothesis Tests
Chapter Ten: Two-Sample Hypothesis Tests
Chapter Eleven: Analysis of Variance
Chapter Twelve: Simple Regression
Chapter Thirteen: Multiple Regression
Chapter Fourteen: Time-Series Analysis
Chapter Fifteen: Chi-Square Tests
Chapter Sixteen: Nonparametric Tests
Chapter Seventeen: Quality Management
Chapter Eighteen: (Web) Simulation
Appendix A Binomial Probabilities
Appendix B Poisson Probabilities
Appendix C-1 Standard Normal Areas
Appendix C-2 Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution
Appendix D Student's t Critical Values
Appendix E Chi-Square Critical Values
Appendix F Critical Values of F.10
Appendix G Solutions to Odd-Numbered Exercises
Appendix H Answers to Exam Review Questions
Appendix I Writing and Presenting Reports
Appendix J Excel Statistical Functions Photo Credits Index