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| Data and Business Decisions | |
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| Statistical Thinking in Business | |
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| Data in the Business Environment | |
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| Sources and Types of Data | |
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| Populations and Samples | |
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| Decision Models | |
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| Using Microsoft Excel | |
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| Working with Data in Excel | |
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| Case: The Tracway Balanced Scorecard | |
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| Displaying and Summarizing Data | |
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| Displaying Data with Charts and Graphs | |
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| Contingency Tables and Cross-Tabulations | |
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| Descriptive Statistics | |
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| Measures of Dispersion | |
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| Calculations for Grouped Data | |
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| Coefficient of Variation | |
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| Measures of Shape | |
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| Excel's Descriptive Statistics Tool | |
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| Data Profiles and Proportions | |
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| Visual Display of Statistical Measures | |
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| Statistical Relationships | |
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| Case: Descriptive Statistical Analysis of Tracway Data | |
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| Random Variables and Probability Distributions | |
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| Basic Concepts | |
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| Random Variables | |
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| Probability Distributions | |
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| Expected Value and Variance of a Random Variable | |
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| Discrete Probability Distributions | |
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| Continuous Probability Distributions | |
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| Other Useful Distributions | |
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| Monte-Carlo Methods in Statistics | |
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| Sampling Distributions and Sampling Error | |
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| Case: Probability Modeling for Tracway Quality Measurements | |
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| Sampling and Statistical Inference | |
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| Statistical Sampling | |
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| Statistical Analysis of Sample Data | |
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| Estimation | |
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| Interval Estimates | |
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| Confidence Intervals for the Mean | |
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| Confidence Intervals for Proportions | |
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| Confidence Intervals and Sample Size | |
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| Additional Types of Confidence Intervals | |
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| Hypothesis Testing | |
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| One Sample Hypothesis Tests | |
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| Two-Sample Hypothesis Tests | |
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| ANOVA: Testing Differences of Several Means | |
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| Non Parametric Hypothesis Tests | |
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| Distribution Fitting: An Application of Hypothesis Testing | |
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| Case: Statistical Inference for Tracway | |
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| Regression Analysis | |
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| Simple Linear Regression | |
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| Measuring Variation About the Regression Line | |
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| Regression as Analysis of Variance | |
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| Assumptions of Regression Analysis | |
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| Application of Regression Analysis to Investment Risk | |
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| Multiple Linear Regression | |
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| Building Good Regression Models | |
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| Regression with Categorical Independent Variables | |
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| Regression Models with Nonlinear Terms | |
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| Case: Regression Analysis for Tracway | |
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| Forecasting | |
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| Qualitative and Judgmental Methods | |
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| Indicators and Indexes | |
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| Statistical Forecasting Models | |
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| Forecasting Models for Stationary Time Series | |
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| Forecasting Models with Linear Trends | |
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| Models for Time Series with Trend and Seasonal Components | |
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| CB Predictor | |
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| Regression Models | |
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| The Practice of Forecasting | |
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| Statistical Quality Control | |
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| The Role of Statistics and Data Analysis in Quality Control | |
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| Statistical Process Control | |
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| Analyzing Control Charts | |
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| Control Charts for Attributes | |
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| Statistical Issues in the Design of Control Charts | |
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| Process Capability Analysis | |
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| Case: Quality Control at Tracway | |
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| References | |
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| Risk Analysis and Monte-Carlo Simulation | |
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| Risk Analysis | |
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| Monte-Carlo Simulation withCrystal Ball | |
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| AdditionalCrystal BallModeling and Analysis Options | |
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| Applications of Monte-Carlo Simulation | |
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| Systems Simulation Modeling and Analysis | |
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| System Simulating Modeling Approaches | |
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| Simulating Inventory Systems Using Activity Scanning | |
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| Simulating Waiting Line Systems Using Process-Driven Models | |
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| Event-Driven Simulation Models | |
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| An Event-Driven Inventory Simulation Model | |
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| Entities and Attributes | |
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| Continuous Simulation Modeling | |
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| Case: Tracway Production/Inventory Planning | |
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| References | |
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| Selection Models and Decision Analysis | |
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