Statistics for management and economics /
Gerald Keller
- THOMSON ASIAN EDITION. | SEVENTH EDITION.
- Singapore : Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, c2008
- xx, 848 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
1. What is statistics -- 2. Graphical and tabular descriptive techniques -- 3. Art and science of graphical presentations -- 4. Numerical descriptive techniques -- 5. Data Collection and Sampling -- 6. Probability -- 7. Random variables and discrete probability distributions -- 8. Continuous probability distributions -- 9. Sampling Distributions -- 10. Introduction to estimation -- 11. Introduction to hypothesis testing -- 12. Inference about comparing two population -- 13. Inference about comparing two populations -- 14. Statistical inference: Review of Chapters 12 and 13 -- 15. Analysis of variance -- 16. Chi-Squared tests -- 17. Simple Linear Regression and correlation -- 18. Multiple regression -- 19. Model Building -- 20. Time series analysis and forecasting -- 21. Nonparametic statistics -- 22. Statistical process control -- 23. Decision analysis -- 24. Statistical Inference: Conclusion.
Businesses are increasingly using statistical techniques to convert data into information. For students preparation for the business world, it is not enough merely to focus on mastering a diverse set of statistical techniques and calculations.