Designed for readers with a background in basic algebra, this best-selling introduction to statistics for business and economics emphasizes inference—with extensive coverage of data collection and analysis as needed to evaluate the reported results of statistical studies and make good business decisions. It stresses the development of statistical thinking, the assessment of credibility and value of the inferences made from data—both by those who consume and those who produce them—and features numerous case studies, examples, and exercises—all drawing on real business situations and recent economic events. Statistics, Data, and Statistical Thinking. Methods for Describing Sets of Data. Probability. Random Variables and Probability Distributions. Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Estimation with Confidence Intervals. Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Tests of Hypothesis. Comparing Population Means. Comparing Population Proportions. Simple Linear Regression. Introduction to Multiple Regression. Basic Methods for Quality Improvement. For anyone interested in statistics for business and economics.
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Designed for readers with a background in basic algebra, this best-selling introduction to statistics for business and economics emphasizes inference—with extensive coverage of data collection and analysis as needed to evaluate the reported results of statistical studies and make good business decisions. It stresses the development of statistical thinking, the assessment of credibility and value of the inferences made from data—both by those who consume and those who produce them—and features numerous case studies, examples, and exercises—all drawing on real business situations and recent economic events. Statistics, Data, and Statistical Thinking. Methods for Describing Sets of Data. Probability. Random Variables and Probability Distributions. Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Estimation with Confidence Intervals. Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Tests of Hypothesis. Comparing Population Means. Comparing Population Proportions. Simple Linear Regression. Introduction to Multiple Regression. Basic Methods for Quality Improvement. For anyone interested in statistics for business and economics.
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Nearly flawless book in introductory statistics.,
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This review is from: First Course In Business Statistics, A (8th Edition) (Hardcover)
I found this introductory statistics textbook as a very appropriate companion when taking an intro statistics course. The author does a good job on making concepts clear with definitions along with detailed examples. The selected answers in the back of the book unfortunately are not detailed and do not give the student steps on how the answer was derived. The printouts of software experiments using SAS, SPSS, MINITAB, etc, in the text, I found very useful and supplemental in learning the material. It clearly describes and shows the steps on how the projects were performed on the specified software application.Unfortunately, the companion CD-ROM was a disappointment. Rather than being full of clear and well thought out examples and definitions, it instead contains some bland text along with confusing examples. Besides the companion CD-ROM, the textbook itself is well planned out with clearly written text and straightforward examples.
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Was a great buy because it was originally from my school's bookstore. Was half of the price I would've paid and came in when I was told it would.
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