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050 00 $aHF 1017$bP367 2002
100 1 $aPelosi, Marilyn K.
245 10 $aDoing statistics for business with Excel :$bdata, inference, and decision making /$cMarilyn K. Pelosi, Theresa M. Sandifer.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aNew York :$bWiley,$cc2002.
300 $axix, 858, A12, B6, C7, P1, I5 :$bill. ;$c29 cm. +$e1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: the Role of Statistical Thinking in Management -- Dispelling the Myths About Statistics -- What Managers Should Know About Statistics -- Statistical Thinking--A New Paradigm for Management -- Management Themes and Problem-Solving Steps -- Situations That Call for Statistical Thinking -- Key Components of Statistical Thinking -- Use of Excel and Other Statistical Software -- The Language of Statistics -- The Difference Between the Population and a Sample of the Population -- The Difference Between a Parameter and a Statistic -- Factors That Influence Sample Size: Some Sampling and Sample Size Considerations -- Selecting the Sample -- Types of Data -- The Difference Between Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics -- Ethical Issues in Data Analysis -- Communicating the Results -- Executive Summary: The Glue Company -- Basic Summation Notation -- Selecting a Sample in Excel -- Exploratory Data Analysis -- Graphical Displays of Data -- Organizing Data -- Graphical Displays of Data -- Describing and Comparing Data -- Executive Summary: ABC College -- Creating Graphical Displays Using Excel 97 -- Numerical Descriptors of Data -- Describing Data Numerically -- Measures of Central Tendency -- Measures of Dispersion or Spread -- Measures of Relative Standing -- Executive Summary: Golf Ball Company -- Numerical Descriptors in Excel -- Analyzing Bivariate Data -- Qualitative Bivariate Data -- Quantitative Bivariate Data -- Executive Summary: ABC College (Part II) -- Bivariate Data in Excel -- The Keys that Unlock the Door to Inferential Statistics -- Probability -- Basic Rules of Probability -- Conditional Probability and Independence -- Random Variables -- The Binomial Probability Distribution -- Continuous Random Variables -- The Normal Distribution -- Executive Summary: Chamber of Commerce -- Using Excel to Generate Probability Distributions -- Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals -- Motivation for Point Estimators -- Common Point Estimators -- Desirable Properties of Point Estimators -- Distribution of the Sample Mean, X: The Central Limit Theorem -- The Central Limit Theorem--A More Detailed Look -- Drawing Inferences by Using the Central Limit Theorem -- Large-Sample Confidence Intervals for the Mean -- Distribution of the Sample Mean: Small Sample and Unknown [sigma] -- Small-Sample Confidence Intervals for the Mean -- Confidence Intervals for Qualitative Data -- Sample Size Calculations -- Executive Summary: The Diaper Company -- Using Excel to Find Confidence Intervals -- Inferential Statistics -- Hypothesis Testing: an Introduction -- What Is a Hypothesis Test? -- Designing Hypotheses to Be Tested--An Overview -- The Pieces of a Hypothesis Test -- Two-Tail Tests of the Mean: Large Sample -- What Error Could You Be Making? -- Which Theory Should Go into the Null Hypothesis? -- One-Tail Tests of the Mean: Large Sample -- Executive Summary: The Tissue Company -- Hypothesis Testing in Excel -- Inferences: More One-Population Tests -- Hypothesis Test of the Mean: Small Sample -- X[superscript 2] Test of a Single Variance -- Test of a Single Proportion -- Summary of One-Population Tests -- Connection Between Hypothesis Testing and Confidence Intervals -- Executive Summary: The Hospital -- Hypothesis Testing in Excel -- Comparing Two Populations -- Collecting Data from Two Populations -- Hypothesis Test of the Difference in Two Population Means--Overview -- Large-Sample Tests of the Difference in Two Population Means -- Small-Sample Tests of the Difference in Two Population Means -- Summary of Tests of the Difference in Two Population Means: Independent Samples -- Test of Two Population Means: Dependent Samples -- Hypothesis Test for the Difference in Two Population Proportions -- Hypothesis Test of the Difference in Two Population Variances -- Executive Summary: Training Programs -- Two-Population Hypothesis Tests in Excel -- Model Building -- Regression Analysis -- The Simple Linear Regression Model -- Inferences About the Linear Regression Model -- Prediction and Confidence Intervals -- Correlation Analysis -- Regression Assumptions and Residual Analysis -- Executive Summary: TQM Assessment -- Simple Linear Regression in Excel -- Multiple Regression Models -- The Multiple Regression Model -- Assessing the Multiple Regression Model -- Building a Multiple Regression Model -- Checking Model Adequacy -- Executive Summary: Housing Prices -- Multiple Regression Models in Excel -- Time Series and Forecasting -- Getting Started with Time Series Data -- Components of the Multiplicative Model -- Simple Moving Average Models -- Weighted Moving Averages -- Exponential Smoothing Models -- Regression Models -- Seasonal Indexes -- Other Forecasting Methods -- Executive Summary: The Baseball Stadium -- Time Series Analysis in Excel -- Additional Topics -- Experimental Design and Anova -- Motivation for Using a Designed Experiment -- Analysis of Data from One-Way Designs -- Assumptions of ANOVA -- Analysis of Data from Blocked Designs -- Analysis of Data from Two-Way Designs -- Other Types of Experimental Designs -- Executive Summary: The Airspace Problem -- ANOVA in Excel -- The Analysis of Qualitative Data -- Test for Goodness of Fit -- Testing Proportions from More Than Two Populations -- The Chi-Square Test for Independence -- Executive Summary: College Drinking -- The Chi-Square Test for Independence in Excel -- Improving and Managing Quality -- Supplier/Customer Relations--A New Paradigm -- The Language of Control Charts -- Types of Control Charts -- Individual or x-Charts -- Xbar-and R-Charts -- The p-Chart -- Executive Summary: The Melt Flow Problem -- Creating Control Charts in Excel -- Making Your Case -- Summary of the Techniques Covered in This Book -- How to Analyze the "Great Divide" Data Set -- Advising the President: Exploratory Data Analysis -- What's on the Road? Who's Driving It?: Exploratory Data Analysis -- Who Spends Money? What Do They Buy?: Inferential Statistics -- Advising the President: Inferential Statistics -- Responding to the Customer: Pulling It All Together.
590 $aACCOMPANYING CD-ROM IN MULTIMEDIA COLLECTION AT CIRCULATION DESK.
590 $aACCOMPANYING CD-ROM IN MULTIMEDIA COLLECTION AT CIRCULATION DESK.
650 0 $aCommercial statistics.
650 0 $aStatistics.
650 0 $aIndustrial management$xStatistical methods.
700 1 $aSandifer, Theresa M.
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