Statistics for Management and Economics, Abbreviated Edition

This worldwide best-selling business statistics book teaches readers how to apply statistics to real-world business problems through the author’s unique three-step approach to problem solving. Readers learn to IDENTIFY the right technique by focusing on the problem objective and data type. They then learn to COMPUTE the statistics by hand or by using Excel or Minitab. Finally, they INTERPRET the results in the context of the problem. This approach enhances user comprehension as well as practical skills.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What Is Statistics?
Chapter 2: Graphical Descriptive Techniques I
Chapter 3: Graphical Descriptive Techniques II
Chapter 4: Numerical Descriptive Techniques
Chapter 5: Data Collection and Sampling
Chapter 6: Probability
Chapter 7: Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distribution
Chapter 8: Continuous Probability Distributions
Chapter 9: Sampling Distributions
Chapter 10: Introduction to Estimation
Chapter 11: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 12: Inference about a Population
Chapter 13: Inference about Comparing Two Populations
Chapter 14: Analysis of Variance
Chapter 15: Chi-Squared Tests
Chapter 16: Simple Linear Regression and Correlation
Chapter 17: Multiple Regression

Appendix A: Data File Sample Statistics
Appendix B: Table
Appendix C: Answers to Selected Even-Numbered Exercises