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Author Selvanathan, Antony, author

Title Australian business statistics / Antony Selvanathan, Saroja Selvanathan, Gerald Keller, Brian Warrack
Edition Third edition
Published Southbank, Melbourne : Thomson, 2004
©2004

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 W'PONDS  519.5 Sel/Abs 2004  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  519.5 Sel/Abs 2004  AVAILABLE
Description xviii, 1078 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (12 cm)
4 3/4 in
Contents 1. What is statistics -- Part 1: Descriptive measures and probability -- 2. Graphical descriptive methods -- 3. Numerical descriptive measures -- 4. Probability -- 5. Probability distributions -- Part 2: Statistical inference -- 6. Statistical inference: introduction -- 7. Sampling and sampling distributions -- 8. Estimation: describing a single population -- 9. Estimation: comparing two populations -- 10. Hypothesis testing: describing a single population -- 11. Hypothesis testing: comparing two populations -- 12. Inference about population variances -- 13. Comparing two populations: nonparametric statistics -- 14. statistical inference: a review of chapters 8-13 -- 15. Analysis of variance -- 16. Nonparametric techniques: comparing two or more populations -- 17. Additional tests for qualitative data: chi-squared tests -- 18. Simple linear regression and correlation -- 19. Multiple regression -- 20. Model building -- 21. Statistical inference: conclusion -- Part 3: Applications -- 22. Time-series analysis and forecasting -- 23. Index numbers -- 24. Decision analysis
Summary The text's practical approach teaches students how to apply statistics to real business problems. Students learn to identify the right technique by focusing in the relationship between the problem and the data type. They learn to compute the answer either by hand or using Microsoft Excel
Notes Includes index
Previous ed.: Nelson, 2000
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Minimum system requirements: Pentium 266 MHz processor; Windows 98, 2000, XP; 64MB RAM recommended; minimum 12xCD-ROM drive
Subject Management -- Statistical methods.
Commercial statistics.
Economics -- Statistical methods.
Management -- Statistical methods -- Textbooks.
Commercial statistics -- Textbooks.
Economics -- Statistical methods -- Textbooks.
Genre/Form Textbooks.
Textbooks.
Author Selvanathan, Saroja, author
Keller, Gerald, author
Warrack, Brian, author
LC no. 00002433
ISBN 0170111431 (paperback)
Other Titles Student CD to accompany Australian business statistics, 3rd ed