Statistical techniques in business and economics /

• Main Author: Mason Robert D. (Robert Deward), 1919-1999 (autor)
• Other Authors: Lind, Douglas A. (autor), Marchal, William G. (autor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, Mass. : Irwin McGraw-Hill, ©1999
• Edition: 10th edition
• Series: The Irwin/McGraw-Hill series operations and decision sciences
• Subjects: ESTADISTICA; TECNICAS DE MUESTREO; DISTRIBUCIONES ESTADISTICAS; DISTRIBUCIONES DE PROBABILIDAD DE VARIABLES DISCRETAS; ANALISIS DE VARIANZA; ANALISIS DE REGRESION; ESTADISTICA NO PARAMETRICA; ANALISIS DE SERIES TEMPORALES; TOMA DE DECISIONES; EJERCICIOS DE ESTADISTICA; REGRESION LINEAL

Table of Contents:

• 1. What is statistics?
• 2. Describing data: frequency distributions and graphic presentation
• 3. Describing data: measures of location
• 4. Describing data: measures of dispersion
• 5. A survey of probability concepts
• 6. Discrete probability distributions
• 7. The normal probability distribution
• 8. Sampling methods and sampling distribution
• 9. Tests of hypothesis: large samples
• 10. Tests of hypothesis: small samples
• 11. Analysis of variance
• 12. Linear regression and correlation
• 13. Multiple regression and correlation analysis
• 14. Nonparametric methods: Chi-square applications
• 15. Nonparametric methods: analysis of ranked data
• 16. Statistical quality control
• 17. Index numbers
• 18. Time series and forecasting
• 19. An introduction to decision making
• Appendixes: tables and data sets.