TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bowerman,Bruce L.
AU  - O'Connell,Richard T.
AU  - Orris,J.B.
TI  - Business statistics in practice
SN  - 9780072977479
U1  - 519.502 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Boston, New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill/Irwin
KW  - Commercial statistics
KW  - Statistics
N1  - Contents;

1. An Introduction to Business Statistics 
populations and samples
sampling a population of existing units
sampling a process
e.tc

2. Descriptive Statistics 
Describing the shape of a distribution
Describing a central tendency
Measures of variation
e.tc

3. Probability 
The concept of probability
Sample spaces and events
Some elementary probability rules
e.tc

4. Discrete Random Variables 
Two types of random variables
Discrete probability distributions
The binomial distribution
e.tc

5. Continuous Random Variables 
Continuous probability distributions
The uniform distribution
The normal probability distribution
e.tc

6. Sampling Distributions 
the sampling distribution of the sample mean
the sampling distribution of the sample proportion
simulating sampling distributions using MINITAB

7. Confidence Intervals 
Based confidence intervals for a population mean: known
Based confidence intervals for a population mean: Unknown
sample size determination
e.tc

8. Hypothesis Testing 
The null and alternative hypothesis and errors in hypothesis testing
tests about a population mean
tests about a population mean
e.tc

9. Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples 
comparing concepts of experimental design
one-way analysis of variance
the randomized block design
e.tc

10. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance 
basic concepts of experimental design
one way analysis of variance
the randomized block design
e.tc

11. Simple Linear Regression Analysis 
the simple linear regression model
the least squares estimates, and point estimation and  prediction
e.tc

12. Multiple Regression and Model Building 
basic multiple regression
the multiple regression model
the least squares estimates and point estimation and prediction
e.tc

13. Time Series Forecasting 
time series components and models
time series regression : basic models
e.tc

14. Process Improvement Using Control Charts 
quality: its meaning and a historical perspective
statistical process control and causes of process variation
e.tc

15. Nonparametric Methods 
the sign test: a hypothesis test about the median
the Wilcoxon rank sum test
e.tc

16. Chi-Square Tests 
chi-square goodness of fit tests
a chi square test for independence
e.tc

17. Decision Theory 
Bayes' theorem
introduction to decision theory
decision making using posterior probabilities
e.tc


; Includes bibliographical references and indexes
ER  -