This edition continues to fully integrate the use of compters with statistics. It has retained its non-intimidating approach to describing the opportunity to observe and actually carry out computer-generated solutions using statistics packages like SPSS and MINITAB, or a spreadsheet package like Microsoft Excel.



Table of Contents

1. A First Look at Statistics and Data Collection. 2. Data Presentation Using Descriptive Graphs. 3. Data Summary Using Descriptive Measures. 4. Probability Concepts. 5. Discrete Probability Distributions. 6. Continuous Probability Distributions. 7. Statistical Inference and Sampling. 8. Hypothesis Testing for the Mean and Variance of a Population. 9. Inference Procedures for Two Populations. 10. Estimation and Testing for Population Proportions. 11. Analysis of Variance. 12. Quality Improvement. 13. Applications of the Chi-Square Statistic. 14. Correlation and Simple Linear Regression. 15. Multiple Linear Regression. 16. Time Series Analysis and Index Numbers. 17. Quantitative Business Forecasting. 18. Nonparametric Statistics. Appendix A: Tables. Appendix B: Solutions to Odd-numbered Problems. 19. Decision Making Under Uncertainty (on CD-ROM only).