TY  - BOOK
AU  - McClave,James T.
AU  - Benson,P.George
AU  - Sincich,Terry
TI  - Statistics for business and economics
SN  - 0138402329
AV  - HF1017 .M36 1998
U1  - 519.5 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Commercial statistics
KW  - Economics
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Statistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references  and index; Ch. 1; Statistics, Data, and Statistical Thinking --; Ch. 2; Methods for Describing Sets of Data --; Ch. 3; Probability --; Ch. 4; Discrete Random Variables --; Ch. 5; Continuous Random Variables --; Ch. 6; Sampling Distributions --; Ch. 7; Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Estimation with Confidence Intervals --; Ch. 8; Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Tests of Hypothesis --; Ch. 9; Inferences Based on Two Samples: Confidence Intervals and Tests of Hypotheses --; Ch. 10; Simple Linear Regression --; Ch. 11; Multiple Regression --; Ch. 12; Model Building --; Ch. 13; Methods for Quality Improvement --; Ch. 14; Time Series: Descriptive Analyses, Models, and Forecasting --; Ch. 15; Design of Experiments and Analysis of Variance --; Ch. 16; Nonparametric Statistics --; Ch. 17; The Chi-Square Test and the Analysis of Contingency Tables --; Ch. 18; Decision Analysis --; App. A; Basic Counting Rules --; App. C; Calculation Formulas for Analysis of Variance
N2  - "Statistics for Business and Economics, 7/e, is the tool students need to help them become informed business decision makers in the twenty-first century. Important statistical ideas and techniques are presented within the context of real-life business situations. The reader is challenged to think critically about problems and to employ one of the many technological tools available - including EXCEL, SPSS, SAS, or Minitab - to reach an informed, well-presented conclusion; Exciting new problem-solving oriented features of the book include: Statistics in Action - boxes in each chapter examine high-profile business, economics, government, and entertainment issues with questions to motivate thought and discussion; Showcases - six extensive, real-business cases present background information and guidelines for performing a statistical analysis using data files contained on the enclosed data disk; The student gains hands-on experience in preparing a professional document to present the results of the analysis and to draw conclusions based on the data; and Internet Lab - six labs instruct the student in retrieving and analyzing raw data downloaded from the Internet."--BOOK JACKET
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