ReviewsEngaging examples and the relevant questions at the end of chapters. Clear and understandable. Intiutive explanations., The textbook is very user-friendly (easy to read). The text has very good and useful real world problems. The computer applications using Microsoft Excel are a must for any business statistics course.
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Dewey Decimal519.5
Table Of Content1. Data and Statistics.2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Presentations.3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures.4. Introduction to Probability.5. Discrete Probability Distributions.6. Continuous Probability Distributions.7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions.8. Interval Estimation.9. Hypothesis Testing.10. Statistical Inference about Means and Proportions with Two Populations.11. Inferences About Population Variances.12. Test of Goodness of Fit and Independence.13. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance.14. Simple Regression.15. Multiple Regression.16. Regression Analysis: Model Building.17. Index Numbers.18. Forecasting.19. Nonparametric Methods.20. Statistical Methods for Quality Control.21. Decision Analysis.22. Sample Survey (on CD).Appendices.A: References and Bibliography.B: Tables.C: Summation Notation.D: Self-Test Solutions and Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises.E: Using Excel Functions.F: Computing p-values.
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LC Classification NumberHF1017.A6 2008