Bowerman, Bruce L.  author <br/><br/>
Business statistics in practice /  
Bruce L. Bowerman, Richard T. O?Connell, Emily S. Murphree ; with major contributions by Steven C. Huchendorf, Dawn C. Porter, Patrick J. Schur. 
 - 6th ed. 
 - 899 pages:   some color illustration;   29 cm. 
 - The McGraw-Hill/Irwin series: operations and decision sciences .
<br/><br/>Includes index 
<br/><br/>1. An Introduction to Business Statistics2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods4. Probability5. Discrete Random Variables6. Continuous Random Variables7. Sampling Distributions8. Confidence Intervals9. Hypothesis Testing10. Statistical Inferences Based on Two Samples11. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance12. Chi-Square Tests13. Simple Linear Regression Analysis14. Multiple Regression15. Model Building and Model Diagnostics16. Time Series Forecasting17. Process Improvement Using Control Charts18. Nonparametric Methods19. Decision TheoryAppendix A: Statistical TablesAppendix B: Counting RulesAppendix C: Hypergeometric DistributionAppendix D: Properties of the Mean and the Variance of a Random Variable, and the CovarianceAppendix E: Derivations of the Mean and Variance of x(bar) and p(hat 
<br/><br/> Provides a modern and practical framework for teaching the first course in business statistics, featuring case study and example-driven discussions of various basic business statistics topics. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780071220651 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Commercial statistics<br/>Statistics<br/>Probabilities<br/>Business mathematics
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510.502465