For business statistics courses taught in Economics and Business Schools.



This classic text is known for its accuracy and statistical precision. This text enables students to conduct serious analysis of applied problems in contrast to merely running simple canned applications to help students become stronger analysts and future managers. It is also at a mathematically higher level than most business statistics texts.



Table of Contents:

1. Why Study Statistics?

2. Describing Data: Graphical

3. Describing Data: Numerical

4. Probability

5. Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions

6. Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions

7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions

8. Estimation: Single Population

9. Estimation: Additional Topics

10. Hypothesis Testing: Single Population

11. Hypothesis Testing: Additional Topics

12. Simple Regression

13. Multiple Regression

14. Regression Analysis: Additional Topics

15. Nonparametric Statistics

16. Goodness-of-Fit Tests and Contingency Tables

17. Analysis of Variance

18. Introduction to Quality

19. Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

20. Sampling: Additional Topics

21. Statistical Decision Theory