Statistical techniques in business and economics

1 What Is Statistics? 2 Describing Data: Frequency Tables, Frequency Distributions, and Graphic Presentation 3 Describing Data: Numerical Measures 4 Describing Data: Displaying and Exploring Data 5 A Survey of Probability Concepts 6 Discrete Probability Distributions 7 Continuous Probability Distributions 8 Sampling Methods and the Central Limit Theorem 9 Estimation and Confidence Intervals 10 One-Sample Tests of Hypothesis 11 Two-Sample Tests of Hypothesis 12 Analysis of Variance 13 Correlation and Linear Regression 14 Multiple Regression Analysis 15 Index Numbers 16 Time Series and Forecasting 17 Nonparametric Methods: Goodness-of-Fit-Tests 18 Nonparametric Methods: Analysis of Ranked Data 19 Statistical Quality Control and Quality Management 20 An Introduction to Decision Theory (Web) Appendix A: Data Sets Appendix B: Tables Appendix C: Answers to Odd-Numbered Chapter Exercises, Odd-Numbered Review Exercises, and Solutions to Practice Tests Index