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Statistics for management and economics / created by Gerald Keller.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thomson South-Western/Brooks/Cole, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: Seventh editionDescription: various pagination : illustrations (some coloured) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780495013396
  • 0495013390
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD30.215 KEL
Contents:
What is statistics? Graphical and tabular descriptive techniques Art and science of graphical presentations Numberical descriptive techniques Data collection and sampling Probability Random variables and discrete probability distributions Continuous probability distributions Sampling distributions Introduction to estimation Introduction to hypothesis testing Inference about a population Inference about comparing two populations Statistical inference, review of chapters 12 and 13 Analysis of variance Chi-squared tests Simple linear regression and correlation Multiple regression Model building Time series analysis and forecasting Nonparametric statistics Statistical process control Decision analysis Statistical inference, conclusion
Summary: This textbook introduces statistical techniques for converting data into information that is meaningful in the business world. Every example examines the data type and problem objective, identifies the right technique to solve the problem, computes the statistics with Excel and Minitab, and interprets the results.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

What is statistics?
Graphical and tabular descriptive techniques
Art and science of graphical presentations
Numberical descriptive techniques
Data collection and sampling
Probability
Random variables and discrete probability distributions
Continuous probability distributions
Sampling distributions
Introduction to estimation
Introduction to hypothesis testing
Inference about a population
Inference about comparing two populations
Statistical inference, review of chapters 12 and 13
Analysis of variance
Chi-squared tests
Simple linear regression and correlation
Multiple regression
Model building
Time series analysis and forecasting
Nonparametric statistics
Statistical process control
Decision analysis
Statistical inference, conclusion

This textbook introduces statistical techniques for converting data into information that is meaningful in the business world. Every example examines the data type and problem objective, identifies the right technique to solve the problem, computes the statistics with Excel and Minitab, and interprets the results.

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