Practical Business Statistics with CD-ROM Package

1. Introduction Defining the Role of Statistics in Business 2. Data Structures Classifying the Various Types of Data Sets 3. Histograms Looking at the Distribution of the Data 4. Landmark Summaries Interpreting Typical Values and Percentiles 5. Variability Dealing with Diversity 6. Probability Understanding Random Situations 7. Random Variables Working with Uncertain Numbers 8. Random Sampling Planning Ahead for Data Gathering 9. Confidence Intervals Admitting that Estimates Are Not Exact 10. Hypothesis Testing Deciding between Reality and Coincidence 11. Correlation and Regression Measuring and Predicting Relationships 12. Multiple Regression Predicting One Factor from Several Others 13. Report Writing Communicating the Results of a Multiple Regression 14. Time Series Understanding Changes over Time 15. ANOVA Testing for Differences among Many Samples, and Much More 16. Nonparametrics Testing with Ordinal Data or Nonnormal Distributions 17. Chi-Squared Analysis Testing for Patterns in Qualitative Data 18. Quality Control Recognizing and Managing Variation Appendix A: Employee Database Appendix B: Self Test: Solutions to Selected Problems and Database Exercises Appendix C: Statistical Tables Appendix D: StatPad--Quick Reference GuideAndrew F Siegel is the author of 'Practical Business Statistics with CD-ROM Package', published 1999 under ISBN 9780072337556 and ISBN 0072337559.