Statistical techniques in business and economics /
Robert D. Mason, Douglas A. Lind.
- 10th ed.
- Boston, Mass. : Irwin/McGraw Hill, c1999.
- xx, 791 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. + 1 computer laser optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
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
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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