The practice of business statistics : using data for decisions / David S. Moore ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Moore, David S.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commercial statistics.

Statistics.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 695, 101 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Place of Publication:

New York : W.H. Freeman and Co., [2003]

Summary:

Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "Applets [which] provide a way of manipulating data and seeing the corresponding results graphically; business-related case studies from the Electronic Encyclopedia of Statistical Examples and Exercises (EESEE) [which] show how concepts of the text apply to various real-world venues; Minitab and Excel instructions [which] offer quick, specific help for using these programs with each chapter; data sets in ASCII, Excel, JMP, Minitab, SPSS, and TI formats; hundreds of supplemental exercises [which] give you additional practice and review; plus Excel macros.--P. [4] of cover.

Contents:

A core book with CD (Chapters 1-11) covering essential topics

Separate companion chapters (Chs. 12-18) on additional topics, which can be packaged with the core book at a discount or purchased separately

A comprehensive book with CD including all chapters

Part I Data

1 Examining Distributions

2 Examining Relationships

3 Producing Data

Part II Probability and Inference

4 Probability and Sampling Distributions

5 Probability Theory

6 Introduction to Inference

7 Inference for Distribution

8 Inference for Proportions

Part III Topics in Inference

9 Inference for Two-Way Tables

10 Inference for Regression

11 Multiple Regression

Companion chapters on advanced inference topics (available separately, or at a discount with packaged with the core book):

12 Statistics for Quality: Control and Capability, 0-7167-9627-8

13 Time Series Forecasting, 0-7167-9626-0

14 One-Way Analysis of Variance, 0-7167-9625-2

15 Two-Way Analysis of Variance, 0-7167-9624-4

16 Nonparametric Tests, 0-7167-5724-9

17 Logistic Regression, 0-7167-5725-7

18 Bootstrap Methods and Permutation Tests, 0-7167-5726-5.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

0716797739

0716741113

OCLC:

49751194