Business Statistics: A Decision-Making Approach applies statistical analysis to real-world decision making. Clear, step-by-step explanations are supported by examples that use statistical techniques in business decision situations. Featuring real organizations (like Microsoft, Boise Cascade Corporation and the Federal Aviation Administration) with actual applications and rich data sets helps you develop realistic decision-making skills and conveys the relevance of statistics. Drawing from their extensive experience as educators and consultants, the authors present content at a level that is accessible to students at all mathematical skill levels. The 11th Edition updates data and examples throughout, and more.
The Where, Why, and How of Data
Graphs, Charts, and Tables: Describing Your Data
Describing Data Using Numerical Measures
1 - 3 SPECIAL REVIEW SECTION
Introduction to Probability
Discrete Probability Distributions
Introduction to Continuous Probability Distributions
Introduction to Sampling Distributions
Estimating Single Population Parameters
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Estimation and Hypothesis Testing for Two Population Parameters
Hypothesis Tests and Estimation for Population Variances
Analysis of Variance
8 - 12 SPECIAL REVIEW SECTION
Goodness-of-Fit Tests and Contingency Analysis
Introduction to Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis
Multiple Regression Analysis and Model Building
Analyzing and Forecasting Time-Series Data
Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics
Introducing Business Analytics
Introduction to Decision Analysis (Online)
Introduction to Quality and Statistical Process Control (Online)
APPENDICES
A. Random Numbers Table
B. Cumulative Binomial Distribution Table
C. Cumulative Poisson Probability Distribution
D. Standard Normal Distribution Table
E. Exponential Distribution Table
F. Values of t for Selected Probabilities
G. Values of 2 for Selected Probabilities
H. F-Distribution
I. Distribution of the Studentized Range (q-values)
J. Critical Values of r in the Runs Test
K. Mann - Whitney U Test Probabilities ( <9)
L. Mann - Whitney U Test Critical Values (9 20)
M. Critical Values of T in the Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Signed-Ranks Test ( 25)
N. Critical Values dL and dU of the Durbin-Watson Statistic D
O. Lower and Upper Critical Values W of Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test
P. Control Chart Factors
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