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050	0	0	_aHF1017 _b.B6554
245	0	0	_aEssentials of business statistics / _cBruce L. Bowerman [and others].
250			_aFourth edition.
260			_aNew York, NY _bMcGraw-Hill Irwin _c2012
300			_axxii, 665 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c29 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 657-658) and indexes.
505			_a1. An Introduction to Business Statistics 2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods4. Probability 5. Discrete Random Variables 6. Continuous Random Variables 7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions 8. Confidence Intervals 9. Hypothesis Testing 10. Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples 11. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance12. Chi-Square Tests 13. Simple Linear Regression Analysis 14. Multiple Regression and Model BuildingAppendix A: Statistical Tables Answers to Most Odd-Numbered ExercisesReferencesPhoto Credits IndexOn the Website: 15. Process Improvement Using Control Charts Appendix B: Properties of the Mean and the Variance of a Random Variable and the Co-varianceAppendix C: Derivatives of the Mean and Variance of x(bar) and p(hat)Appendix D: Confidence Intervals for Parameters of Finite Populations Appendix E: Logistic Regression
650		0	_aCommercial statistics.
700	1		_aBowerman, Bruce L.
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