Essentials of Business Statistics

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Chapter 1 An Introduction to Business Statistics

Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods

Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods

Chapter 4 Probability

Chapter 5 Discrete Random Variables

Chapter 6 Continuous Random Variables

Chapter 7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions

Chapter 8 Confidence Intervals

Chapter 9 Hypothesis Testing

Chapter 10 Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples

Chapter 11 Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance

Chapter 12 Chi-Square Tests

Chapter 13 Simple Linear Regression Analysis

Chapter 14 Multiple Regression and Model Building

Appendix A Statistical Tables

Answers to Most Odd-Numbered Exercises

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Index

Chapter 15 Process Improvement Using Control Charts

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