Statistics for managers using Microsoft Excel

Author(s)

• Levine, David M.

Bibliographic Information

Statistics for managers using Microsoft Excel

David M. Levine ... [et al.]

Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008

5th ed

• : hbk
• : CD-ROM

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

For the one or two-semester course in Business Statistics at the undergraduate or graduate level. Reducing the emphasis on doing computations, this practical text thoroughly integrates Microsoft Excel as a tool for analysis and presents statistical concepts in the context of the functional areas of business.

Table of Contents

Preface 1 Introduction and Data Collection 2 Presenting Data in Tables and Charts 3 Numerical Descriptive Measures 4 Basic Probability 5 Some Important Discrete Probability Distributions 6 The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions 7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions 8 Confidence Interval Estimation 9 Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample Tests 10 Two-Sample Tests 11 Analysis of Variance 12 Chi-Square Tests and Nonparametric Tests 13 Simple Linear Regression 14 Introduction to Multiple Regression 15 Multiple Regression Model Building 16 Time-Series Forecasting and Index Numbers 17 Decision Making 18 Statistical Applications in Quality Management Appendices A. Review of Arithmetic, Algebra, and Logarithms B. Summation Notation C. Statistical Symbols and Greek Alphabet D. CD-ROM Contents E. Tables F. Configuring Microsoft Excel and Installing PHStat Self-Test Solutions and Answers to Selected Even-Numbered Problems Index CD-ROM Topics 4.5 Counting Rules 5.6 Using the Poisson Distribution to Approximate the Binomial Distribution 6.6 The Normal Approximation to the Binomial Distribution 7.6 Sampling from Finite Populations 8.7 Estimation and Sample Size Determination for Finite Populations 9.7 The Power of a Test 11.3 The Randomized Block Design 12.7 Chi-Square Test for a Variance or Standard Deviation

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Details

• NCID: BA82312257
• ISBN:
  • 9780132295451
  • 9780132295529
• LCCN: 2006101531
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 858 p.
• Size: 29 cm.
• Attached Material: 1 CD-ROM
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD30.215
  • DC22 : 519.50285/554
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Microsoft Excel (Computer file)
  • LCSH : Management -- Statistical methods
  • LCSH : Commercial statistics
  • LCSH : Electronic spreadsheets
  • LCSH : Management -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs
  • LCSH : Commercial statistics -- Computer programs