Business Statistics in Practice, 7th Edition

Business Statistics in Practice, Seventh Edition provides a modern, practical and unique framework for teaching an introductory course in Business Statistics. The textbook employs realistic examples, continuing case studies and a business improvement theme to teach the material. The Seventh Edition features more concise and lucid explanations, an improved topic flow and a sensible use of the best and most compelling examples.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Business Statistics
Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods
Chapter 3 Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods
Chapter 4 Probability
Chapter 5 Discrete Random Variables
Chapter 6 Continuous Random Variables
Chapter 7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8 Confidence Intervals
Chapter 9 Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 10 Comparing Two Means and Two Proportions
Chapter 11 Statistical Inferences for Population Variances
Chapter 12 Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance
Chapter 13 Chi-Square Tests
Chapter 14 Simple Linear Regression Analysis
Chapter 15 Multiple Regression and Model Building
Chapter 16 Time Series Forecasting and Index Numbers
Chapter 17 Process Improvement Using Control Charts
Chapter 18 Nonparametric Methods
Chapter 19 Decision Theory

Appendix A Statistical Tables