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Practical business statistics /

Practical Business Statistics, Sixth Edition, is a conceptual, realistic, and matter-of-fact approach to managerial statistics that carefully maintains-but does not overemphasize-mathematical correctness. The book offers a deep understanding of how to learn from data and how to deal with uncertainty...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Siegel, Andrew F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Academic Press, �2012.
Edición:6th ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1.) INTRODUCTION: DEFINING THE ROLE OF STATISTICS IN BUSINESS
  • 2.) DATA STRUCTURES: CLASSIFYING THE VARIOUS TYPES OF DATA SETS
  • 3.) HISTOGRAMS: LOOKING AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF DATA
  • 4.) LANDMARK SUMMARIES: INTERPRETING TYPICAL VALUES AND PERCENTILES
  • 5.) VARIABILITY: DEALING WITH DIVERSITY
  • 6.) PROBABILITY: UNDERSTANDING RANDOM SITUATIONS
  • 7.) RANDOM VARIABLES: WORKING WITH UNCERTAIN NUMBERS
  • 8.) RANDOM SAMPLING: PLANNING AHEAD FOR DATA GATHERING
  • 9.) CONFIDENCE INTERVALS: ADMITTING THAT ESTIMATES ARE NOT EXACT
  • 10.) HYPOTHESIS TESTING: DECIDING BETWEEN REALITY AND COINCIDENCE
  • 11.) CORRELATION AND REGRESSION: MEASURING AND PREDICTING RELATIONSHIPS
  • 12.) MULTIPLE REGRESSION: PREDICTING ONE FACTOR FROM SEVERAL OTHERS
  • 13.) REPORT WRITING: COMMUNICATING THE RESULTS OF A MULTIPLE REGRESSION
  • 14.) TIME SERIES: UNDERSTANDING CHANGES OVER TIME
  • 15.) ANOVA: TESTING FOR DIFFERENCES AMONG MANY SAMPLES, AND MUCH MORE
  • 16.) NONPARAMETRICS: TESTING WITH ORDINAL DATA OR NONNORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS
  • 17.) CHI-SQUARED ANALYSIS: TESTING FOR PATTERNS IN QUALITATIVE DATA
  • 18.) QUALITY CONTROL: RECOGNIZING AND MANAGING VARIATION
  • App A.) EMPLOYEE DATABASE
  • App B.) DONATIONS DATABASE
  • App C.) SELF-TEST: SOLUTIONS TO SELECTED PROBLEMS AND DATABASE EXERCISES
  • App D.) STATISTICAL TABLES
  • App E.) STATPAD QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE.