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BASIC BUSINESS STATISTICS

by: BERENSON

BASIC BUSINESS STATISTICS

by: BERENSON

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9780130995407
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0130995401
Edition: 5th
Copyright: 01/01/1992
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
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Preface	p. xv
Introduction and Data Collection	p. 1
Why a Manager Needs to Know about Statistics	p. 2
The Growth and Development of Modern Statistics	p. 4
What Readers of This Textbook Need to Know about Microsoft Excel and PHStat or Minitab	p. 5
Why Data are Needed	p. 6
Sources of Data	p. 7
Types of Data	p. 10
Design of Survey Research	p. 15
Types of Sampling Methods	p. 17
Evaluating Survey Worthiness	p. 23
Presenting Data in Tables and Charts	p. 45
Organizing Numerical Data	p. 46
Tables and Charts for Numerical Data	p. 50
Graphing Bivariate Numerical Data	p. 58
Tables and Charts for Categorical Data	p. 61
Tabulating and Graphing Bivariate Categorical Data	p. 68
Graphical Excellence	p. 71
Numerical Descriptive Measures	p. 95
Exploring Numerical Data and Their Properties	p. 96
Measures of Central Tendency, Variation, and Shape	p. 97
Exploratory Data Analysis	p. 116
Obtaining Descriptive Summary Measures from a Population	p. 121
The Coefficient of Correlation	p. 126
Pitfalls in Numerical Descriptive Measures and Ethical Issues	p. 130
Obtaining Descriptive Summary Measures from a Frequency Distribution (CD-ROM Topic)	p. 131
Basic Probability	p. 145
Basic Probability Concepts	p. 147
Conditional Probability	p. 156
Bayes' Theorem	p. 164
Ethical Issues and Probability	p. 167
Some Important Discrete Probability Distributions	p. 173
The Probability Distribution for a Discrete Random Variable	p. 174
Covariance and Its Application in Finance	p. 177
Binomial Distribution	p. 182
Poisson Distribution	p. 190
Hypergeometric Distribution	p. 193
The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions	p. 205
The Normal Distribution	p. 206
Evaluating the Normality Assumption	p. 223
The Exponential Distribution	p. 231
Sampling Distributions	p. 241
Sampling Distribution of the Mean	p. 242
Sampling Distribution of the Proportion	p. 254
Sampling from Finite Populations (CD-ROM Topic)	p. 257
Confidence Interval Estimation	p. 263
Confidence Interval Estimation of the Mean ([sigma] Known)	p. 265
Confidence Interval Estimation of the Mean ([sigma] Unknown)	p. 269
Confidence Interval Estimation for the Proportion	p. 276
Determining Sample Size	p. 279
Applications of Confidence Interval Estimation in Auditing	p. 286
Confidence Interval Estimation and Ethical Issues	p. 294
Estimation and Sample Size Determination for Finite Populations (CD-ROM Topic)	p. 294
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests	p. 307
Hypothesis-Testing Methology	p. 308
Z Test of Hypothesis for the Mean ([sigma] Known)	p. 313
One-Tail Tests	p. 320
tTest of Hypothesis for the Mean ([sigma] Unknown)	p. 323
Z Test of Hypothesis for the Proportion	p. 329
X[superscript 2] Test of Hypothesis for the Variance or Standard Deviation	p. 332
The Power of a Test (CD-ROM Topic)	p. 336
Potential Hypothesis-Testing Pitfalls and Ethical Issues	p. 336
Two-Sample Tests with Numerical Data	p. 347
Comparing Two Independent Samples: t Tests for Differences in Two Means	p. 348
F Test for Difference in Two Variances	p. 357
Comparing Two Related Samples: t Test for the Mean Difference	p. 364
Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test for Differences in Two Medians	p. 372
Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test for the Median Difference (CD-ROM Topic)	p. 378
Analysis of Variance	p. 391
The Completely Randomized Design: One-Way Analysis of Variance	p. 392
The Randomized Block Design	p. 407
The Factorial Design: Two-Way Analysis of Variance	p. 417
Kruskal-Wallis Rank Test for Differences in c Medians	p. 429
Friedman Rank Test for Differences in c Medians (CD-ROM Topic)	p. 434
Tests for Two or More Samples with Categorical Data	p. 449
Z Test for the Difference Between Two Proportions	p. 450
x[superscript 2] Test for the Difference Between Two Proportions	p. 456
x[superscript 2] Test for Differences in More Than Two Proportions	p. 463
x[superscript 2] Test of Independence	p. 471
Simple Linear Regression	p. 487
Types of Regression Models	p. 488
Determining the Simple Linear Regression Equation	p. 490
Measures of Variation	p. 498
Assumptions	p. 503
Residual Analysis	p. 504
Measuring Autocorrelation: The Durbin-Watson Statistic	p. 509
Inferences about the Slope and Correlation Coefficient	p. 514
Estimation of Mean Values and Prediction of Individual Values	p. 521
Pitfalls in Regression and Ethical Issues	p. 525
Computations in Simple Linear Regression	p. 529
Introduction to Multiple Regression	p. 549
Developing the Multiple Regression Model	p. 550
Residual Analysis for the Multiple Regression Model	p. 559
Influence Analysis	p. 561
Testing for the Significance of the Multiple Regression Model	p. 564
Inferences Concerning the Population Regression Coefficients	p. 566
Testing Portions of the Multiple Regression Model	p. 570
Logistic Regression	p. 577
Multiple Regression Model Building	p. 589
The Quadratic Regression Model	p. 590
Dummy-Variable Models	p. 599
Using Transformations in Regression Models	p. 608
Collinearity	p. 611
Model Building	p. 613
Pitfalls in Multiple Regression and Ethical Issues	p. 624
Time-Series Analysis	p. 635
The Importance of Business Forecasting	p. 636
Component Factors of the Classical Multiplicative Time-Series Model	p. 637
Smoothing the Annual Time Series	p. 639
Least-Squares Trend Fitting and Forecasting	p. 646
The Holt-Winters Method for Trend Fitting and Forecasting	p. 659
Autoregressive Modeling for Trend Fitting and Forecasting	p. 663
Choosing an Appropriate Forecasting Model	p. 672
Time-Series Forecasting of Monthly or Quarterly Data	p. 677
Pitfalls Concerning Time-Series Analysis	p. 685
Index Numbers (CD-ROM Topic)	p. 685
Decision Making	p. 695
The Payoff Table and Decision Trees	p. 696
Criteria for Decision Making	p. 700
Decision Making with Sample Information	p. 708
Utility	p. 713
Statistical Applications in Quality and Productivity Management	p. 721
Quality and Productivity: A Historical Perspective	p. 723
Deming's 14 Points: A Theory of Management	p. 723
The Theory of Control Charts	p. 726
Control Chart for the Proportion of Nonconforming Items--The p Chart	p. 728
The Red Bead Experiment: Understanding Process Variability	p. 734
Control Chart for An Area of Opportunity--The c Chart	p. 737
Control Charts for the Range and the Mean (X)	p. 741
Process Capability	p. 748
Appendices	p. 781
Review of Arithmetic, Alegbra, and Logarithms	p. 781
Summation Notation	p. 785
Statistical Symbols and Greek Alphabet	p. 791
CD-ROM Contents	p. 793
Tables	p. 807
More About PHStat2	p. 839
Index	p. 843
CD-ROM Topics
Obtaining Descriptive Summary Measures	p. 1
Sampling from Finite Populations	p. 1
Estimation and Sample Size Determination for Finite Populations	p. 1
The Power of a Test	p. 1
Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test for the Median Difference	p. 1
Freidman Rank Test for Differences in C Medians	p. 1
Index Numbers	p. 1
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