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020 _a0534378056 (hbk. : student ed.)
020 _a053449188X (instructor's ed.)
020 _a0534491871 (CD-ROM)
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050 0 0 _aHD30.215
_b.H537 2005
100 1 _aHildebrand, David K.,
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245 1 0 _aBasic Statistical Ideas for Managers /
_cDavid K. Hildebrand, R. Lyman Ott, J. Brian Gray ; with cases by J. Brian Gray, Lawrence H. Peters.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aBelmont, CA :
_bThomson Brooks/Cole,
_cc2005.
300 _axvii, 772 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm. +
_e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 747) and index.
505 _a1. MAKING SENSE OF DATA. Executive Overview. What Do We Mean by Data? Data About What? Gathering Data. Summarizing Data. The Role of Probability. Evaluating Other People?s Data and Conclusions. The Role of the Computer. Summary. 2.SUMMARIZING DATA. Executive Overview. Chapter Case Introduction. The Distribution of Values of a Variable. Two-Variable Summaries. On the Average: Typical Values. Measuring Variability. Calculators and Statistical Software. Statistical Methods and Quality Improvement. Chapter Case Analyses. Summary. Supplementary Exercises. Business Cases. 3. A FIRST LOOK AT PROBABILITY. Executive Overview. Chapter Case Introduction. Basic Principles of Probability. Statistical Independence. Probability Tables, Trees, and Simulations. Chapter Case Analysis. Summary. Supplementary Exercises. Business Cases. Review Exercises: Chapters 2 and 3. 4. RANDOM VARIABLES AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION. Executive Overview. Chapter Case Introduction. Random Variables: Basic Ideas. Probability Distributions: Discrete Random Variables. Expected Value, Variance, and Standard Deviation. Joint Probability Distributions and Independence. Covariance and Correlation of Random Variables. Chapter Case Analysis. Summary. Supplementary Exercises. Business Cases. 5. SOME SPECIAL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS. Executive Overview. Chapter Case Introduction. Counting Possible Outcomes. Bernoulli Trials and the Binomial Distribution. The Poisson Distribution. The Normal Distribution. Checking Normality. Chapter Case Analysis. Summary. Supplementary Exercises. Business Cases. 6. RANDOM SAMPLING AND SAMPLING DISTRUBTIONS. Executive Overview. Chapter Case Introduction. Random Sampling. Sample Statistics and Sampling Distributions. Sampling Distributions for Means and Sums. Chapter Case Analysis. Summary. Appendix: Standard Error of a Mean. Supplementary Exercises. Business Cases. Review Exercises: Chapters 4-6. 7. POINT INTERVAL ESTIMATION. Executive Overview. Chapter Case Introduction.
520 _aDesigned for the one-term MBA or undergraduate introduction to business statistics course, this text places emphasis on data and the common techniques and methods used to analyze them in business. It introduces concepts using practical examples and illustrates them with computer output from MINITAB, Excel, and JMP. The book integrates a business decision-making case into each chapter for motivational and illustration purposes and includes a business case assignment at the end of each chapter. These cases revolve around realistic business settings with realistic data sets that put students in the role of managers who need to make business decisions based on data. Review problems requiring students to use previously learned concepts also appear throughout to promote understanding of the relationships among statistical methods.
538 _aSystem requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Microsoft Windows and Excel.
650 0 _aManagement
_xStatistical methods.
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650 0 _aStatistical decision.
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700 1 _aOtt, Lyman.
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700 1 _aGray, J. Brian.
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856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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