Essentials Of Stratistics For business & Economics, 6th Edition

The Sixth Edition of ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS is an introductory statistics book that emphasizes essential statistical concepts and their practical business applications. The discussion and development of each technique are geared toward real-world applications, with the statistical results providing insights for decisions and solutions related to common business problems. The easy-to-follow presentation style and proven problem-scenario approach clearly show how to apply statistical methods in practical business situations. This brief introduction to business statistics provides both a conceptual understanding of statistics and real-world applications of statistical methodology.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Data and Statistics
Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Presentations
Chapter 3: Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures
Chapter 4: Introduction to Probability
Chapter 5: Discrete Probability Distributions
Chapter 6: Continuous Probability Distributions
Chapter 7: Sampling and Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8: Interval Estimation
Chapter 9: Hypothesis Tests
Chapter 10: Comparisons Involving Means, Experimental Design, and Analysis of Variance
Chapter 11: Comparisons Involving Proportions and a Test of Independence
Chapter 12: Simple Linear Regression
Chapter 13: Multiple Regression

Appendix A: References and Bibliography
Appendix B: Tables
Appendix C: Summation Notation
Appendix D: Self-Test Solutions and Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises
Appendix E: Using Excel Functions
Appendix F: Computing p-Values Using Minitab and Excel