Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics (with CD-ROM)

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Author: David R. Anderson

ISBN-10: 0324568606

ISBN-13: 9780324568608

Category: Economic Reference

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Focusing on business and economic applications of statistics, this textbook covers data, descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, comparisons involving means, comparison involving proportions, simple linear regression, and multiple regression. Approximately 100 data sets are included on the companion CD-ROM. The authors teach quantitative analysis and management science at the University of Cincinnati and the Rochester Institute of Technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Booknews Focusing on business and economic applications of statistics, this textbook covers data, descriptive statistics, discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling, interval estimation, hypothesis testing, comparisons involving means, comparison involving proportions, simple linear regression, and multiple regression. Approximately 100 data sets are included on the companion CD-ROM. The authors teach quantitative analysis and management science at the University of Cincinnati and the Rochester Institute of Technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

PrefaceAbout the AuthorsCh. 1Data and Statistics1Ch. 2Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods23Ch. 3Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods75Ch. 4Introduction to Probability139Ch. 5Discrete Probability Distributions185Ch. 6Continuous Probability Distributions225Ch. 7Sampling and Sampling Distributions255Ch. 8Interval Estimation296Ch. 9Hypothesis Testing337Ch. 10Comparisons Involving Means387Ch. 11Comparisons Involving Proportions and a Test of Independence446Ch. 12Simple Linear Regression478Ch. 13Multiple Regression547Appendixes595App. A: References and Bibliography596App. B: Tables597App. C: Summation Notation618App. D: Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises620App. E: Solutions to Self-Test Exercises634Index651