Business Statistics: A Decision-Making Approach with Student CD

by: Groebner, David F.; Shannon, Patrick W.; Fry, Phillip C.; Smith, Kent D.

ISBN 13:
9780131796331
ISBN 10:
013179633X
Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover w/CD
Copyright: 01/01/2005
Publisher: Prentice Hall

Note: Not guaranteed to come with supplemental materials (access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.)

Extend Your Rental at Any Time

Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.

Sorry, this item is currently unavailable.

Summary

For the 1 or 2 semester course in Business Statistics. This comprehensive, 17 chapter hardcover text builds student confidence by incorporating a step-by-step system for examples, exercises, and special review sections. This step-by-step framework allows students to learn by example, practice with extensive exercises that step-up in level of difficulty, and solidify their understanding of the concepts with special review sections as they prepare for their exams. It presents descriptive and inferential statistics with a rich assortment of business examples and real data with an emphasis on decision-making. There is emphasis on using statistical software as a tool, (featuring Excel and Minitab) with many examples presented in a software environment. A briefer version is also available called a Course in Business Statistics 4e.

The Where, Why, and How of Data Collection
What Is Business Statistics? Tools and Techniques for Collecting Data
Samples and Sampling Techniques
Types and Data Measurement Levels
Your Computer
Graphs, Charts, and Tables Describing Your Data
Frequency Distributions and Histograms
Frequency Distributions
Charts and Pie Charts
Charts and Scatter Diagrams
AJ's Fitness Center
Westbrook Graphic Arts
Describing Data Using Numerical Measures
Measures of Central Tendency of Variation the Mean and Standard Deviation Together
Wilson Corporation
Holcome Financial Planners
AJ's Fitness Center
Using Probability and Discrete Probability Distributions
The Basics of Probability
Rules of Probability
Probability Distributions
Binomial Probability Distribution
Poisson Probability Distribution
Great Air Commuter Service
Rutledg Collections
Let's Make a Deal
Belko Equipment Company
Continuous Probability Distributions
The Normal Probability Distribution
Continuous Probability Distributions
East Mercy
Introduction to Sampling Distributions
Sampling Error What It Is and Why It Happens
Basics of Sampling Distributions
Distribution of a Proportion
Carpita Bottling Company
Truck Safety Inspection
Houston Nut and Candy Company
High Country
Estimating Population Values
Point and Confidence Interval Estimates the Appropriate Sample Size a Population Proportion
Duro Industries, Inc
Management Solutions, Inc
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Hypotheses Tests for Means
II Errors
Tests for Proportions
Tests for the Variances
Campbell Brewery, Inc., Part 1
Hypothesis Testing and Estimation For Two Population Parameters
Hypothesis Tests for Two Population Variances
Tests and Estimation for Two Population Means and Hypothesis Tests for Two Population Proportions
Green Valley Assembly Company
U-Need-It Rental Agency
Wilson Bearing Company
Analysis of Variance
One-Way Analysis of Variance
Complete Block Analysis of Variance
Factor Analysis with Replication
Consumer Information Association
West Coast Bell System
Introduction to Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis
Correlation
Linear Regression Analysis for Regression Analysis
Alamar Industries
Continental Trucking
Multiple Regression Analysis and Model Building
Introduction to Multiple Regression Analysis
Qualitative Independent Variables
With Nonlinear Relationships
Regression the Aptness of the Model
Dynamic Scales, Inc
Introduction to Quality and Statistical Process Control
Quality Management and Tools for Process Improvement to Statistical Process Control Charts
Izbar Precision Casters, Inc
Goodness-of-Fit Tests and Contingency Analysis
Introduction to Goodness-of-Fit Tests to Contingency Analysis
American Oil Company
Bentford Electronics, Part 1
Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics
Testing for Randomness Using the Runs Test
Tests for Two Population Centers
-Wallis One-Way Analysis of Variance
Bentford Electronics, Part 2
Analyzing and Forecasting Time-Series Data
Introduction to Forecasting and Time-Series Analysis
-Based Forecasting Techniques
Using Smoothing Methods
Park Falls Chamber of Commerce
The St Companies
Wagner Machine Works
Introduction to Decision Analysis
Decision Making Environments
Criteria of Uncertainty
Tree Analysis
Preference Attitudes and Functions
Rockstone International
Hadden Materials and Supplies, Inc., Part
Hadden Materials and Supplies, Inc., Part 2
Answers to Select Problems
Appendixes
Random Numbers Table
Binomial Distribution Table
Poisson Probability Distribution Table
Standard Normal Distribution Table
Exponential Distribution Table
Values of for Selected Probabilities
Values of X for Selected Probabilities
F-Distribution Table
Critical Values of Hartley's Fmax Test
Distribution of the Studentized Range
Critical Values of in the Runs Table
Mann-Whitney U Test Probabilities
Mann-Whitney U Test Critical Values
Critical Values of T in the Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test
Glossary
Index
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

Business Statistics: A Decision-Making Approach with Student CD

9780131796331

013179633X

Summary

Table of Contents

Write a Review

Related Products