Business statistics: communicating with numbers

Table of Contents:

PART I: Introduction

Chapter 1: Statistics and Data

PART II: Descriptive Statistics

Chapter 2: Tabular and Graphical Methods
Chapter 3: Numerical Descriptive Measures

PART III: Probability Concepts

Chapter 4: Basic Probability Concepts
Chapter 5: Discrete Probability Distributions
Chapter 6: Continuous Probability Distributions

PART IV: Basic Inference

Chapter 7: Sampling and Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8: Estimation Chapter 9 Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 10: Statistical Inference Concerning Two Populations
Chapter 11: Statistical Inference Concerning Variance

PART V: Advanced Inference

Chapter 12: Chi-Square Tests
Chapter 13: Analysis of Variance
Chapter 14: Regression Analysis
Chapter 15: Inference with Regression Models
Chapter 16: Regression Models for Nonlinear Relationships
Chapter 17: Regression Models with Dummy Variables

PART VI: Supplementary Topics

Chapter 18: Time Series and Forecasting
Chapter 19: Returns, Index Numbers and Inflation
Chapter 20: Nonparametric Tests

The first edition of Business Statistics: Communicating with Numbers provides a unique, innovative, and engaging learning experience for students studying Business Statistics. It is an intellectually stimulating, practical, and visually attractive textbook, from which students can learn and instructors can teach. Throughout the book, the authors have presented the material in an accessible way by using timely business applications to which students can relate. Although the text is application-oriented, it is also mathematically sound and uses notation that is generally accepted for the topic being covered.