Essentials Of Business Statistics
by Bowerman, Bruce L.; O'Connell, Richard T.; Orris, J. B.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-08-01
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill College
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Summary
The new edition of Essentials of Business Statistics delivers clear and understandable explanations of core business statistics concepts, making it ideal for a one term course in business statistics. Containing continuing case studies that emphasize the theme of business improvement, the text offers real applications of statistics that are relevant to today's business students. The authors motivate students by showing persuasively how the use of statistical techniques in support of business decision-making helps to improve business processes. A variety of computer centered examples and exercises, and a robust, technology-based ancillary package are designed to help students master this subject..
Author Biography
James Burdeane "Deane" Orris is a professor of management science at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Richard T. O'Connell is associate professor of decision sciences at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Bruce L. Bowerman is professor of decision sciences at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Table of Contents
| An Introduction to Business Statistics | |
| Descriptive Statistics | |
| Probability | |
| Discrete Random Variables | |
| Continuous Random Variables | |
| Sampling Distributions | |
| Confidence Intervals | |
| Hypothesis Testing | |
| Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples | |
| Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance | |
| Chi Square Tests | |
| Simple Linear Regression Analysis | |
| Multiple Regression and Model-Building | |
| Process Improvement Using Control (On CD ROM) | |
| Statistical Tables | |
| Covariance and Correlation | |
| Counting Rules | |
| The Hypergeometric Distribution | |
| The Normal Probability Plot | |
| Two-Way Analysis of Variance (On CD ROM) | |
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