Statistics for Management (8th Edition)

Description

Analyzing the Data Applicable to Business

This text is the gold standard for learning how to use Microsoft Excel® in business statistics, helping students gain the understanding they need to be successful in their careers. The authors present statistics in the context of specific business fields full chapters on business analytics further prepare students for success in their professions. Current data throughout the text lets students practice analyzing the types of data they will see in their professions. The friendly writing style include tips throughout to encourage learning.

 The book also integrates PHStat, an add-in that bolsters the statistical functions of Excel

Table of Contents

1. First Things First
2. Defining and Collecting Data
3. Organizing and Visualizing Variables
4. Numerical Descriptive Measures
5. Basic Probability 5. Discrete Probability Distributions
6. The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions
7. Sampling Distributions
8. Confidence Interval Estimation
9. Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests
10. Two-Sample Tests
11. Analysis of Variance
12. Chi-Square and Nonparametric Tests
13. Simple Linear Regression
14. Introduction to Multiple Regression
15. Multiple Regression Model Building
16. Time-Series Forecasting
17. Getting Ready to Analyze Data in the Future
18. Statistical Applications in Quality Management (online)
19. Statistical Applications in Quality Management (online)
20. Decision Making (online)
21. Appendices
22. A. Basic Math Concepts and Symbols