Applied statistics in business and economics. /
David P. Doane, Lori E. Seward.
- 4th ed.
- New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2013.
- xxv, 834 p. : ill. (col.);
- The McGraw-Hill/Irwin series operations and decision sciences .
- Irwin/McGraw-Hill series in operations and decision sciences. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Overview of statistics -- Data collection -- Describing data visually -- Descriptive statistics -- Probability -- Discrete probability distributions-- Continuous probability distributions -- Sampling distributions and estimation -- One-sample hypothesis tests -- Two-sample hypothesis tests -- Analysis of variance -- Simple regression -- Multiple regression -- Time series- analysis -- Chi-square tests -- Nonparametric tests -- Quality management -- Simulation (Online Learning Centre) -- Appendixes: A: Exact binomial probabilities -- B: Exact Poisson probabilities -- C-1: Standard normal areas -- C-2: Cummulative standard normal distribution -- D: Student's t critical values -- E: Chi-square critical values -- F: Critical values of f -- G: Solutions to odd-numbered exercises-- H. answers to exam review questions I. Writing and presenting reports -- Excel statistical functions --