Statistics for Business & Economics – by Anderson David R., Sweeney Dennis J., Williams Thomas A. (2019)

Drawing from the authors’ unmatched experience as professors and consultants, Statistics for Business & Economics, 14th Edition delivers sound statistical methodology, a proven problem-scenario approach and meaningful applications that clearly demonstrate how statistical information impacts decisions in actual business practice. More than 350 real business examples, relevant cases, and hands-on exercises present the latest statistical data and business information with unwavering accuracy. Choose optional coverage of popular commercial statistical software programs JMP® Student Edition 14 and Excel® 2016. An all new WebAssign online course management system is available with this powerful business statistics solution.

Tables of contents

Preface

1. Data and Statistics

2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays

3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures

4. Introduction to Probability

5. Discrete Probability Distributions

6. Continuous Probability Distributions

7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions

8. Interval Estimation

9. Hypothesis Tests

10. Inference about Means and Proportions with Two Populations

11. Inferences about Population Variances

12. Comparing Multiple Proportions, Test of Independence and Goodness of Fit

13. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance

14. Simple Linear Regression

15. Multiple Regression

16. Regression Analysis: Model Building

17. Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

18. Nonparametric Methods

19. Statistical Methods for Quality Control

20. Index Numbers

21. Statistical Methods for Quality Control

22. Sample Survey (On Website)

Appendix A: References and Bibliography

Appendix B: Tables

Appendix C: Summation Notation

Appendix D: Self-Test Solutions and Answers to Even –Numbered Exercises

Appendix E: Microsoft Excel 2016 and Tools for Statistical Analysis

Appendix F: Computing p-Values Using Minitab and Excel

Index

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