Basic Statistics for Business
and Economics
Brief Contents
1 What Is Statistics?
2 Describing Data: Frequency
Distributions and Graphic Presentation
3 Describing Data: Measures
of Location and Dispersion
4 A Survey of Probability
Concepts
5 Discrete Probability
Distributions
6 The Normal Probability
Distribution
7 Sampling Methods and
Sampling Distributions
8 Tests of Hypothesis: Large
Samples
9 Tests of Hypothesis: Small
Samples
10 Analysis of Variance
11 Linear Regression and
Correlation
12 Multiple Regression and
Correlation Analysis
13 Nonparametric Methods:
Chi-Square Applications
14 Statistical Duality
Control
Appendixes: Tables and Data
Sets
Answers to Odd-Numbered
Exercises
Photo Credits
STUDENT CD-ROM INCLUDED
This Student CD-ROM contains
the following learning aids designed to help you succeed in the business statistics
course:
PowerPoint Presentation
covering chapter objectives, formulas, examples and explanations for each chapter.
Data sets in Excel, Minitab,
and ASCII formats for the large data sets at the back of the book and for chapter
exercises having 20 or more observations.
Practice Quizzes covering key
concepts in each chapter and giving you quick feedback on your responses.
Internet Links to the
www.Exercises.com problems in the text.
Link to Irwin/McGraw-Hill
Business Statistics Web site for updates, statistical information, and other sources of
data.
MegaStat for Excel software
for those wanting an Excel add-in to do statistics beyond what Excel can do alone.
Chapter on Index Numbers
Chapter on Time Series and Forecasting
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