Business statistics : a first course created by David M. Levine, Kathryn A. Szabat and David F. Stephan

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Defining and collecting data -- Organizing and visualizing variables -- Numerical descriptive measures -- Basic probability -- Discrete probability -- The normal distribution -- Sampling distributions -- Confidence interval estimation -- Fundamentals of hypothesis testing: one-sample tests 308 -- Two-sample tests -- Chi-square tests -- Simple linear regression -- Multiple regression -- Statistical applications in quality management

"Statistics is essential for all business majors, and this text helps students see the role statistics will play in their own careers by providing examples drawn from all functional areas of business. Guided by principles set by major statistical and business science associations (ASA and DSI), plus the authors' diverse experiences, the Seventh Edition of Levine/Szabat/Stephan's Business Statistics: A First Course continues to innovate and improve the way this course is taught to all students. This brief version, created to fit the needs of a one-semester course, is part of the established Berenson/Levine series.