Statistical Thinking in Business, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by John, J. A.; Johnson, D.G; Whitaker, D

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 400
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Variation. Problem Solving. Looking at Data. Modeling Data. Attribute Data. Sampling. Estimation. Regression Analysis. Multiple Regression. Forecasting. Statistical Process Control. Control Charts. Improvement Strategies. Postscript. Introduction to Excel.

Abstract:

Shows how statistics is important in various aspects of business and equips students with the skills they need to make sensible use of data and other information. This book takes an interactive, scenario-based approach and uses almost no mathematical formulas, opting to use Excel for the technical work. Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front cover
CONTENTS
PREFACE
Chapter 1. Variation
Chapter 2. Problem Solving
Chapter 3. Looking at Data
Chapter 4. Modelling Data
Chapter 5. Attribute Data
Chapter 6. Sampling
Chapter 7. Estimation
Chapter 8. Regression Analysis
Chapter 9. Multiple Regression
Chapter 10. Forecasting
Chapter 11. Statistical Process Control
Chapter 12. Control Charts
Chapter 13. Improvement Strategies
Postscript
Appendix. Statistical Tables
Bibliography and Further Reading
Back Cover

✦ Subjects

Commercial statistics.