Description |
xviii, 1078 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm + 1 CD-ROM (12 cm) |
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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 |
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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.
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Commercial statistics.
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Economics -- Statistical methods.
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Management -- Statistical methods -- Textbooks.
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Commercial statistics -- Textbooks.
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Economics -- Statistical methods -- Textbooks.
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Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Textbooks.
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Author |
Selvanathan, Saroja, author
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Keller, Gerald, author
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Warrack, Brian, author
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LC no. |
00002433 |
ISBN |
0170111431 (paperback) |
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