The Practice of Statistics for Business and Economics
, by Alwan, Layth C.; Craig, Bruce A.; McCabe, George P.- ISBN: 9781319109004 | 1319109004
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 1/2/2020
Professor McCabe’s research has focused on applications of statistics. Much of his recent work has been on problems of nutrition, including nutrient requirements, calcium metabolism, and bone health. He is author or coauthor of more than 160 publications in many different journals. Layth C. Alwan in Associate Professor of Business Statistics and Operations Management, Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He received a B.A. in mathematics, B.S. in statistics, M.B.A., and PhD in business statistics/operations management, all from the University of Chicago, and an M.S. in computer science from DePaul University. Professor Alwan is an author of many research articles related to statistical process control and business forecasting. He has consulted for many leading companies on statistical issues related to quality, forecasting, and operations/supply chain management applications. On the teaching front, he is focused on engaging and motivating business students on how statistical thinking and data analysis methods have practical importance in business. He is the recipient of several teaching awards, including Business School Teacher of the Year and Executive M.B.A. Outstanding Teacher of the Year.
Bruce A. Craig is Professor of Statistics and Director of the Statistical Consulting Service at Purdue University. He received his B.S. in mathematics and economics from Washington University in St. Louis and his PhD in statistics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is an active member of the American Statistical Association and was chair of its section on Statistical Consulting in 2009. He also is an active member of the Eastern North American Region of the International Biometrics Society and aws elected by the voting membership to the Regional Committee from 2003 to 2006. Professor Craig has served on the editorial board of several statistical journals and has been a member of several data and safety monitoring boards, including Purdues IRB. Professor Craigs research interests focus on the development of novel statistical methodology to address research questions in the life sciences. Areas of current interest are protein structure determination, diagnostic testing, and animal abundance estimation. In 2005, he was named Purdue University Faculty Scholar.
CHAPTER 1 Examining Distributions
CHAPTER 2 Examining Relationships
CHAPTER 3 Producing Data
CHAPTER 4 Probability: The Study of Randomness
CHAPTER 5 Random Variables and Probability Distributions
CHAPTER 6 Sampling Distributions
CHAPTER 7 Introduction to Inference
CHAPTER 8 Inference for Means
CHAPTER 9 One-Way Analysis of Variance
CHAPTER 10 Inference for Proportions
CHAPTER 11 Inference for Categorical Data
CHAPTER 12 Inference for Regression
CHAPTER 13 Multiple Regression
CHAPTER 14 Time Series Forecasting
The Core book includes Chapters 1 – 14 . Chapters 15 – 18 are
individual optional Companion Chapters and can be found at
www.macmillanlearning.com/psbe5e .
CHAPTER 15 Statistics for Quality: Control and Capability
CHAPTER 16 Two-Way Analysis of Variance
CHAPTER 17 Nonparametric Tests
CHAPTER 18 Logistic Regression
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