Statistics for Management and Economics, Abbreviated Edition (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

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ISBN: 9780534391881 | 0534391885
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 1/22/2003

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STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS, ABBREVIATED SIXTH EDITION is a subset of core chapters from the worldwide best selling and more comprehensive, STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS, Sixth Edition (2003). This text teaches students how to apply statistics to real business problems through the authors' unique three-step approach to problem solving. Students learn to IDENTIFY the right technique by focusing on the relationship between the problem and data type. They then learn to COMPUTE the answer either by hand, using Excel, or using MINITAB (SPSS and JMP output and instructions appear on the text Web site). Finally, they INTERPRET the results in the context of the problem. This approach enhances student comprehension as well as practical skills, and offers maximum flexibility to instructors wishing to teach concepts by hand or with the computer, or by using both hand and computer methods.

What Is Statistics?
Introduction
Key Statistical Concepts
Statistical Application in Business
Statistics and the Computer
World Wide Web and Learning Center
Introduction to Microsoft Excel
Introduction to Minitab
Graphical Descriptive Techniques
Introduction
Types of Data and Information
Graphical Techniques for Interval Data
Graphical Techniques for Nominal Data
Describing the Relationship Between Two Variables
Describing Time-Series Data
Summary
Art And Science Of Graphical Presentations
Introduction
Graphical Excellence
Graphical Deception
Presenting Statistics
Summary
Numerical Descriptive Techniques
Introduction
Measures of Central Location
Measures of Variability
Measures of Relative Standing and Box Plots
Measures of Linear Relationship
Comparing Graphical and Numerical Techniques
General Guidelines for Exploring Data
Summary
CD Topics: Approximating Means and Variances from Grouped Data
Descriptive Techniques Review Exercises
Data Collection And Sampling
Introduction
Methods of Collecting Data
Sampling Plans
Sampling and Nonsampling Errors
Summary
Probability
Introduction
Assigning Probability to Events
Joint, Marginal, and Conditional Probability
Probability Rules and Trees
Bayes' Law
Identifying the Correct Method
Summary
Random Variables And Discrete Probability Distributions
Introduction
Random Variables and Probability Distributions
Describing the Population/Probability Distribution
Bivariate Distributions
Applications in Finance: Investment Portfolio Diversification and Asset Allocations (optional)
Binomial Distribution
Poisson Distribution
Summary
CD Topic: Hypergeometric Distribution
Continuous Probability Distributions
Introduction
Probability Density Functions
Normal Distribution
Exponential Distribution (optional)
Other Continuous Distributions
Summary
Sampling Distributions
Introduction
Sampling Distribution of the Mean
Sampling Distribution of a Proportion
Sampling Distribution of the Difference between Two Means
From Here to Inference
Summary
CD Topic: Using the Laws of Expected Value and Variance to Derive the Parameters of Sampling Distributions
Introduction To Estimation
Introduction
Concepts of Estimation
Estimating the Population Mean when the Population Standard Deviation is Known
Selecting the Sample Size
Summary
Introduction To Hypothesis Testing
Introduction
Concepts of Hypothesis Testing
Testing the Population Mean when the Population Standard Deviation is Known
Calculating the Probability of a Type II Error
The Road Ahead
Summary
CD Topic: Converting Excel's Probabilities to p-values
Inference About A Population
Introduction
Inference about a Population Mean when the Standard Deviation is Unknown
Inference about a Population Variance
Inference about a Population Proportion
Applications in Marketing: Market Segmentation (Optional)
Inference About Comparing Two Populations
Introduction
Inference about the Difference between Two Means: Independent Samples
Observational and Experimental Data
Inference about the Difference between Two Means: Matched Pairs Experiment
Inference about the Ratio of Two Variances
Inference about the Difference between Two Population Proportions
Summary
Excel Instructions for Stacked and Unstacked Data
Minitab Instructions for Stacked and Unstacked Data
CD Topic: Probability of a Type II Error in Testing Two Means
CD Topic: Probability of a Type II Error in Testing Two Proportions
Statistical Inference: Review Of Chapters 12 AND 13
Introduction
Guide to Identifying the Correct Technique: Chapters 12 and 13
Analysis Of Variance
Introduction
One Way Analysis of Variance
Analysis of Variance Experimental Designs
Randomized Blocks (Two-Way) Analysis of Variance
Two-Factor Analysis of Variance
Applications in Operations Management: Finding and Reducing Variation (Optional)
Multiple Comparisons
Summary
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