Practical Business Statistics

Name: Practical Business Statistics
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ISBN: 9780123852083

ISBN-10: 0123852080

ISBN-13: 9780123852083

Edition: 6th 2011

Authors: Andrew F. Siegel

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Practical Business Statistics was written as a response to instructors who need a book that motivates business students to learn by showing how each concept and method can be used by managers in the real world, with many current data examples from business and government web sites presented in a well-written and lively style. Examples are from finance, sales, accounting, advertising, planning, marketing, and other areas of business. Each chapter begins with an overview, showing why the subject is important to business, and ends with a comprehensive summary, with key words, before the questions, problems, database exercises, projects, and cases. The projects at the end of each chapter bring…

Book details

List price: $99.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
Publication date: 3/4/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 640
Size: 8.46" wide x 10.87" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.696
Language: English




Introduction: Defining the Role of Statistics in Business



Data Structures: Classifying the Various Types of Data Sets



Histograms: Looking At the Distribution of Data



Landmark Summaries: Interpreting Typical Values And Percentiles



Variability: Dealing with Diversity



Probability: Understanding Random Situations



Random Variables: Working with Uncertain Numbers



Random Sampling: Planning Ahead for Data Gathering



Confidence Intervals: Admitting That Estimates Are Not Exact



Hypothesis Testing: Deciding Between Reality And Coincidence



Correlation And Regression: Measuring And Predicting Relationships



Multiple Regression: Predicting One Factor From Several Others



Report Writing: Communicating the Results of A Multiple Regression



Time Series: Understanding Changes Over Time



Anova: Testing for Differences Among Many Samples, And Much More



Nonparametrics: Testing with Ordinal Data or Nonnormal Distributions



Chi-Squared Analysis: Testing for Patterns in Qualitative Data



Quality Control: Recognizing And Managing Variation



Employee Database



Donations Database



Self-Test: Solutions to Selected Problems And Database Exercises



Statistical Tables



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