Statistical techniques in business and economics / Robert D. Mason, Douglas A. Lind.

CONTENTS


WHAT IS STATISTICS
introduction
what is meant by statistics
why study statistics
e.tc

DESCRIBING DATA: FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS AND GRAPHIC PRESENTATION
introduction
constructing a frequency distribution
exercises
e.tc

DESCRIBING DATA: MEASURES OF LOCATION
introduction
the population mean
the sample mean
e.tc

DESCRIBING DATA: MEASURES OF DISPERSION
introduction
why study dispersion
measures of dispersion
e.tc

A SURVEY OF PROBABILITY
introduction
what is a probability
approaches to probability
e.tc

DISCRETE PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS
introduction
what is a probability distribution
random variables
e.tc

THE NORMAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION
introduction
the family of normal probability distributions
the standard normal probability distribution
e.tc

SAMPLING METHODS AND SAMPLING DISTRIBUTIONS
introduction
sampling the population
probability sampling methods
e.tc

TESTS OF HYPOTHESIS: LARGE SAMPLES
introduction
what is hypothesis
what is hypothesis testing
e.tc

TESTS OF HYPOTHESIS: SMALL SAMPLES
introduction
characteristics of student's T distribution
a test for the population mean
e.tc

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
introduction
The F distribution
comparing two population variances
e.tc

LINEAR REGRESSION AND CORRELATION
introduction
what is correlation analysis
the coefficient of correlation
e.tc

MULTIPLE REGRESSION AND CORRELATION ANALYSIS
introduction
multiple regression analysis
exercises
e.tc

NONPARAMETRIC METHODS: CHI-SQUARE APPLICATIONS
Introduction
goodness of fit test: equal expected frequencies
exercises
e.tc

NONPARAMETRIC METHODS: ANALYSIS OF RANKED DATA
introduction
the sign test
exercises
e.tc

STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL
introduction
a brief history of quality control
causes of variation
e.tc

INDEX NUMBERS
introduction
simple index numbers
why convert data to indexes
e.tc

TIME SERIES AND FORECASTING
introduction
components of a time series
linear trend
e.tc


AN INTRODCUTION TO DECISION MAKING
introduction
elements of a decision
e.tc

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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