Business Statistics in Practice

Bruce L. Bowerman, Richard T. O'Connell, Hand (Autoren)

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2001 | 2nd Revised edition
McGraw Hill Higher Education
978-0-07-241665-7 (ISBN)

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This text explains business statistic concepts through the use of case studies and examples that reflect real applications of statistics. The book offers a technological perspective, while the CD-ROM has step-by-step walk-through examples to assist students visualize statistical concepts.

This text delivers clear and understandable explanations of business statistics concepts through the use of case studies and examples that reflect real applications of statistics relevant to business students. The richness and relevance of the data sets used to demonstrate statistical concepts sets this book apart from its competitors. Bowerman/ O'Connell/ Hand (BOH) also provides a fresh technology perspective. Excel and minitab output is included in the text to help students visualise concepts, and the coverage of the Internet included in the book is second to none.

1. An Introduction to Business Statistics. 2. Descriptive Statistics. 3. Probability. 4. Discrete Random Variables. 5. Continuous Random Variables. 6. Sampling Distributions. 7. Confidence Intervals. 8. Hypothesis Testing. 9. Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples. 10. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance. 11. Simple Linear Regression Analysis. 12. Multiple Regression. 13. Model Diagnostics and Model Building. 14. Time Series Forecasting. 15. Process Improvement Using Control Charts. 16. Nonparametric Methods. 17. Chi-Square Tests. 18. Decision Theory. Appendix A: Statistical Tables. Appendix B: Counting Rules. Appendix C: The Hypergeometric Distribution. Contents on CD-Rom: Appendix D: Properties of the Mean and the Variance of a Random Variable, and the Covariance Between Two Random Variables. Appendix E: Derivations of the Mean and the Variance of the Sample Mean and of the Mean and the Variance of the Sample Proportion. Appendix F: Cluster Sampling and Rations Estimation. Appendix G: Using Matrix Algebra to perform Regression Calculations. Appendix H: The Regression Approach to Two-Way Analysis of Variance. Appendix I: Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Multidimensional Scaling. Appendix J: The Box-Jenkins' Methodology. Appendix K: The Updating Equations for the Holt-Winters' Models. Appendix L: Individuals Charts and c Charts.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.3.2001
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	1820 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
ISBN-10	0-07-241665-3 / 0072416653
ISBN-13	978-0-07-241665-7 / 9780072416657
Zustand	Neuware