TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,David R. AU - Sweeney,Dennis J. AU - Williams,Thomas A. AU - Camm,Jeffrey D. AU - Cochran,James J. TI - Statistics for business and economics SN - 9781285172309 AV - HF1017 .S73 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Mason,OH PB - South-Western Cengage Learning KW - Commercial statistics KW - Methodology KW - Economics KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 927-973) and index; Data and statistics -- Descriptive statistics : tabular and graphical displays -- Descriptive statistics : numerical measures -- Introduction to probability -- Discrete probability distributions -- Continuous probability distributions -- Sampling and sampling distributions -- Interval estimation -- Hypothesis tests -- Inference about means and proportions with two populations -- Inferences about population variances -- Comparing multiple proportions, test of independence and goodness of fit -- Experimental design and analysis of variance -- Simple linear regression -- Multiple regression -- Regression analysis : model building -- Time series analysis and forecasting -- Nonparametric methods -- Statistical methods for quality control -- Index numbers -- Decision analysis on Website -- Sample survey on Website -- Appendix A: References and bibliography -- Appendix B: Tables -- Appendix C: Summation notation -- Appendix D: Self-test solutions and answers to even-numbered exercises -- Appendix E: Microsoft Excel 2010 and Tools for statistical analysis -- Appendix F: Computing p-values using Minitab and Excel ; Economics; Business ER -