Statistics for Business and Economics

San Francisco: Dellen Publishing Company - division of Macmillan, Inc., 1988. Due to the weight of this volume, it can only be shipped to delivery addresses located within Canada and the United States. Corners, Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards; Edges Moderately Soiled. ON THE COVER: "Skyhook Boca Raton #30" was executed by Los Angeles artist Peter Shire. The work measures 21 x 20 x 8-1/2 inches. One of the foremost ceramic sculptors in the United States, Shire is a key member of the Memphis Group. This particular piece of work is a new medium for Shire; the piece is painted wood and wire. Shire's work may be seen in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. He is represented by Saxon Lee Gallery in Los Angeles, California. CONTENTS: Chapter 1 What is Statistics?; Chapter 2 Graphical Descriptions of Data; Chapter 3 Numerical Descriptive Measures; Chapter 4 Probability; Chapter 5 Discrete Random Variables; Chapter 6 Continuous Random Variables; Chapter 7 Sampling Distributions; Chapter 8 Estimation and a Test of Hypothesis: Single Sample; Chapter 9 Two Samples: Estimation and Tests of Hypotheses; Chapter 10 Simple Linear Regression; Chapter 11 Multiple Regression; Chapter 12 Introduction to Model Building; Chapter 13 Time Series: Index Numbers and Descriptive Analyses; Chapter 14 Time Series: Models and Forecasting; Chapter 15 Analysis of Variance; Chapter 16 Nonparametric Statistics; Chapter 17 The Chi-Square Test and the Analysis of Contingency Tables; Chapter 18 Decision Analysis Using Prior Information; Chapter 19 Decision Analysis Using Prior and Sample Information; Chapter 20 Survey Sampling; Appendix A Basic Counting Rules; Appendix B Tables; Appendix C Data Set; Appendix D Calculation Formulas for Analysis of Variance. EXCERPT: PREFACE - The fourth edition of Statistics for Business and Economics finds the application of statistics to business and economic problems in the midst of a number of significant changes. The availability of microcomputers with a wide range of statistical software has dramatically affected the amount of time we spend teaching computational formulas. The use of statistical quality control in American industry is perhaps the fastest-growing application of statistics in any area. The same corporate structure which nearly 40 years ago forced W. Edwards Deming to take his revolutionary ideas to Japan has welcomed him back as a conquering hero. Deming and his disciples are in constant demand in both academic and corporate circles, and the impact of their philosophy on the statistical education of business students is and will be profound. Academic professional organizations are paying increased attention to the content of business statistics courses and to the philosophy and manner in which they are taught. In light of these and other developments, we have decided that the time has come to acknowledge that the text we wrote 10 years ago is not the same one we would write today. For example, 10 years ago the calculator had taken the "arithmetic" out of analysis of variance, but not the formulas. The computer gives us an additional option: We can use precious time teaching the interpretation of ANOVA results rather than cookbook formulas that produce those results. This fourth edition exercises that option (and many others like it). Before detailing the specifics of the fourth edition, we stress that the underlying philosophy of the text is unchanged, despite the many new features and additional options. Our original intent was to write a text for the students that stressed inference making. If anything, the rapid evolution of "business statistics" is making that easier to accomplish.... Fourth Edition 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket (As Issued). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.