Basic statistics for business and economics / (Record no. 4281)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0256194084
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
ISBN 0256214999 (instructor's ed.)
050 00 - CALL NUMBER
Classification number HA29
Item number .L75
100 1# - AUTHOR
Personal name Lind, Douglas A.
245 10 - TITLE
Title Basic statistics for business and economics /
Statement of responsibility, etc Douglas A. Lind, Robert D. Mason.
250 ## - EDITION
Edition statement 2nd ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Place of publication Chicago :
Name of publisher Irwin,
Year of publication 1997.
300 ## - DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xviii, 597 p. :
Other physical details ill. (some col.) ;
Dimensions 26 cm.
500 ## - NOTES
General note Includes index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Table of Content What Is Statistics? --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Why Study Statistics? --<br/>What Is Meant by Statistics? --<br/>Types of Statistics --<br/>Descriptive Statistics --<br/>Inferential Statistics --<br/>Types of Variables --<br/>Levels of Measurement --<br/>Nominal-Level Data --<br/>Ordinal-Level Data --<br/>Interval-Level Data --<br/>Ratio-Level Data --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Statistics, Graphics, and Ethics --<br/>Misleading Statistics --<br/>Association Does Not Necessarily Imply Causation --<br/>Graphs Can Be Misleading --<br/>Become a Better Consumer and a Better Producer of Information --<br/>Ethics --<br/>Software Applications --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Describing Data: Frequency Distributions and Graphic Presentation --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Constructing a Frequency Distribution --<br/>Class --<br/>Intervals and Class Midpoints --<br/>A Software Example --<br/>Relative Frequency Distribution --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Graphic Presentation of a Frequency Distribution --<br/>Histogram --<br/>Frequency Polygon --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Cumulative Frequency Distributions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Other Graphic Presentations of Data --<br/>Line Graphs --<br/>Bar Charts --<br/>Pie Charts --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Describing Data: Numerical Measures --<br/>Introduction --<br/>The Population Mean --<br/>The Sample Mean --<br/>Properties of the Arithmetic Mean --<br/>Exercises --<br/>The Weighted Mean --<br/>Exercises --<br/>The Median --<br/>The Mode --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Software Solution --<br/>The Relative Positions of the Mean, Median, and Mode --<br/>Exercises --<br/>The Geometric Mean --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Why Study Dispersion? --<br/>Measures of Dispersion --<br/>Range --<br/>Mean Deviation --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Variance and Standard Deviation --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Software Solution --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Interpretation and Uses of the Standard Deviation --<br/>Chebyshev's Theorem --<br/>The Empirical Rule --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Describing Data: Displaying and Exploring Data --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Dot Plots --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Quartiles, Deciles, and Percentiles --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Box Plots --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Skewness --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Describing the Relationship between Two Variables --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>A Survey of Probability ConcePart --<br/>Introduction --<br/>What Is a Probability? --<br/>Approaches to Assigning Probabilities --<br/>Classical Probability --<br/>Empirical Probability --<br/>Subjective Probability --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Some Rules for Computing Probabilities --<br/>Rules of Addition --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Rules of Multiplication --<br/>Contingency Tables --<br/>Tree Diagrams --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Principles of Counting --<br/>The Multiplication Formula --<br/>The Permutation Formula --<br/>The Combination Formula --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Discrete Probability Distributions --<br/>Introduction --<br/>What Is a Probability Distribution? --<br/>Random Variables --<br/>Discrete Random Variable --<br/>Continuous Random Variable --<br/>The Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation of a Probability Distribution --<br/>Mean --<br/>Variance and Standard Distribution --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Binomial Probability Distribution --<br/>How Is a Binomial Probability Distribution Computed --<br/>Binomial Probability Tables --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Cumulative Binomial Probability Distributions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Poisson Probability Distribution --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Continuous Probability Distributions --<br/>Introduction --<br/>The Family of Uniform Distributions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>The Family of Normal Probability Distributions --<br/>The Standard Normal Distribution --<br/>The Empirical Rule --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Finding Areas under the Normal Curve --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Sampling Methods and the Central Limit Theorem --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Sampling Methods --<br/>Reasons to Sample --<br/>Simple Random Sampling --<br/>Systematic Random Sampling --<br/>Stratified Random Sampling --<br/>Cluster Sampling --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Sampling "Error" --<br/>Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean --<br/>Exercises --<br/>The Central Limit Theorem --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Using the Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Estimation and Confidence Intervals --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Point Estimates and Confidence Intervals --<br/>Known (sigma) or a Large Sample --<br/>A Computer Simulation --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Unknown Population Standard Deviation and a Small Sample --<br/>Exercises --<br/>A Confidence Interval for a Proportion --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Finite-Population Correction Factor --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Choosing an Appropriate Sample Size --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>One-Sample Tests of Hypothesis --<br/>Introduction --<br/>What Is a Hypothesis? --<br/>What Is Hypothesis Testing? --<br/>Five-Step Procedure for Testing a Hypothesis --<br/>State the Null Hypothesis (H(subscript 0)) and the Alternate Hypothesis (H(subscript 1)) --<br/>Select a Level of Significance --<br/>Select the Test Statistic --<br/>Formulate the Decision Rule --<br/>Make a Decision --<br/>One-Tailed and Two-Tailed Tests of Significance --<br/>Testing for a Population Mean with a Known Population Standard Deviation --<br/>A Two-Tailed Test --<br/>A One-Tailed Test --<br/>P-Value in Hypothesis Testing --<br/>Testing for a Population Mean: Large Sample, Population Standard Deviation Unknown --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Tests Concerning Proportions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Testing for a Population Mean: Small Sample, Population Standard Deviation Unknown --<br/>Exercises --<br/>A Software Solution --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review. Two-Sample Tests of Hypothesis --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Two-Sample Tests of Hypothesis: Independent Samples --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Two-Sample Tests about Proportions --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Comparing Population Means with Small Samples --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Two-Sample Tests of Hypothesis: Dependent Samples --<br/>Comparing Dependent and Independent Samples --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Analysis of Variance --<br/>Introduction --<br/>The F Distribution --<br/>Comparing Two Population Variances --<br/>Exercises --<br/>ANOVA Assumptions --<br/>The ANOVA Test --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Inferences about Pairs of Treatment Means --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Linear Regression and Correlation --<br/>Introduction --<br/>What Is Correlation Analysis? --<br/>The Coefficient of Correlation --<br/>The Coefficient of Determination --<br/>Correlation and Cause --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Testing the Significance of the Correlation Coefficient --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Regression Analysis --<br/>Least Squares Principle --<br/>Drawing the Line of Regression --<br/>Exercises --<br/>The Standard Error of Estimate --<br/>Assumptions Underlying Linear Regression --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Confidence and Prediction Intervals --<br/>Exercises --<br/>More on the Coefficient of Determination --<br/>Exercises --<br/>The Relationships among the Coefficient of Correlation, the Coefficient of Determination, and the Standard Error of Estimate --<br/>Transforming Data --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Multiple Regression and Correlation Analysis --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Multiple Regression Analysis --<br/>Inferences in Multiple Linear Regression --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Multiple Standard Error of Estimate --<br/>Assumptions about Multiple Regression and Correlation --<br/>The ANOVA Table --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Evaluating the Regression Equation --<br/>Using a Scatter Diagram --<br/>Correlation Matrix --<br/>Global Test: Testing the Multiple Regression Model --<br/>Evaluating Individual Regression Coefficients --<br/>Qualitative Independent Variables --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Analysis of Residuals --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands --<br/>Answers to Self-Review --<br/>Chi-Square Applications --<br/>Introduction --<br/>Goodness-of-Fit Test: Equal Expected Frequencies --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Goodness-of-Fit Test: Unequal Expected Frequencies --<br/>Limitations of Chi-Square --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Contingency Table Analysis --<br/>Exercises --<br/>Chapter Outline --<br/>Pronunciation Key --<br/>Chapter Exercises --<br/>Exercises.com --<br/>Dataset Exercises --<br/>Software Commands.
650 #0 - SUBJECTS
Topical Term Social sciences
General subdivision Statistical methods.
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Topical Term Economics
General subdivision Statistical methods.
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Topical Term Industrial management
General subdivision Statistical methods.
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Topical Term Commercial statistics.
700 1# - OTHER AUTHORS
Personal name Mason, Robert Deward,
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