Title: Basic business statistics : concepts and applications /
Authors: Berenson, Mark L.; Levine, David M., 1946-; Krehbiel, Timothy C.
Publisher: Prentice Hall,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Commercial statistics.; Statistics
Abstract: Students need a frame of reference when learning statistics - especially when statistics is not their major. Basic Business Statistics shows the relevance of statistics by familiarizing students with the statistical applications used in the business world, providing clear instructions for using statistical applications, and offering ample opportunities for practice. -- Publisher description.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Organizing and Visualizing Data -- 3. Numerical Descriptive Measures -- 4. Basic Probability -- 5. Discrete Probability Distributions -- 6. The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions -- 7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions -- 8. Confidence Interval Estimation -- 9. Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing : One-Sample Tests -- 10. Two-Sample Tests -- 11. Analysis of Variance -- 12. Chi-Square Tests and Nonparametric Tests -- 13. Simple Linear Regression -- 14. Introduction to Multiple Regression -- 15. Multiple Regression Model Building -- 16. Time-Series Forecasting -- 17. Statistical Applications in Quality Management -- 18. A Road Map for Analyzing Data