Statistics for Business and Economics
| Year of publication: |
2014
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| Authors: | Cortinhas, Carlos |
| Other Persons: | Black, Ken (contributor) |
| Publisher: |
Hoboken : Wiley Textbooks |
| Subject: | Statistische Methodenlehre | Statistical theory | Statistische Methode | Statistical method | Theorie | Theory |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (864 p) |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Brief Contents; Contents; Preface; Changes to the first European Edition; Videotape Tutorials by Ken Black; Features and Benefits; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Unit I: Introduction; 1: Introduction to Statistics; Decision Dilemma: Statistics Describe the State of Business in India's Countryside; 1.1: Statistics in Business; 1.2: Basic Statistical Concepts; 1.3: Data Measurement; Summary; Key Terms; Supplementary Problems; Analysing the Databases; Case: Caffè Nero: The Italian Coffee Co.; 2: Charts and Graphs Decision Dilemma: Energy Consumption Around the World2.1: Frequency Distributions; 2.2: Quantitative Data Graphs; 2.3: Qualitative Data Graphs; 2.4: Graphical Depiction of Two-Variable Numerical Data: Scatter Plots; Summary; Key Terms; Supplementary Problems; Analysing the Databases; Case: Soap Companies Do Battle; Using the Computer; 3: Descriptive Statistics; Decision Dilemma: Choosing the Right Recycling Collection System; 3.1: Measures of Central Tendency: Ungrouped Data; 3.2: Measures of Variability: Ungrouped Data; 3.3: Measures of Central Tendency and Variability: Grouped Data 3.4: Measures of Shape3.5: Descriptive Statistics on the Computer; Summary; Key Terms; Formulas; Supplementary Problems; Analysing the Databases; Case: Coca-Cola Goes Small in Russia; Using the Computer; 4: Probability; Decision Dilemma: Equality of the Sexes in the Workplace; 4.1: Introduction to Probability; 4.2: Methods of Assigning Probabilities; 4.3: Structure of Probability; 4.4: Marginal, Union, Joint, and Conditional Probabilities; 4.5: Addition Laws; 4.6: Multiplication Laws; 4.7: Conditional Probability; 4.8: Revision of Probabilities: Bayes' Rule; Summary; Key Terms; Formulas Supplementary ProblemsAnalysing the Databases; Case: Colgate-Palmolive Makes a 'Total' Effort; Unit II: Distributions and Sampling; 5: Discrete Distributions; Decision Dilemma: Life with a Mobile Phone; 5.1: Discrete versus Continuous Distributions; 5.2: Describing a Discrete Distribution; 5.3: Binomial Distribution; 5.4: Poisson Distribution; 5.5: Hypergeometric Distribution; Summary; Key Terms; Formulas; Supplementary Problems; Analysing the Databases; Case: Kodak Transitions Well into the Digital Camera Market but Faces Big Challenges; Using the Computer; 6: Continuous Distributions Decision Dilemma: The Cost of Absenteeism in the Workplace6.1: The Uniform Distribution; 6.2: Normal Distribution; 6.3: Using the Normal Curve to Approximate Binomial Distribution Problems; 6.4: Exponential Distribution; Summary; Key Terms; Formulas; Supplementary Problems; Analysing the Databases; Case: Mercedes Goes After Younger Buyers; Using the Computer; 7: Sampling and Sampling Distributions; Decision Dilemma: Private Health Insurance in India; 7.1: Sampling; 7.2: Sampling Distribution of x-; 7.3: Sampling Distribution of p^; Summary; Key Terms; Formulas; Supplementary Problems Analysing the Databases |
| ISBN: | 978-1-118-38964-5 ; 978-1-119-94335-8 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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