Business Statistics
For Contemporary Decision Making, EMEA Edition
10. Edition February 2020
832 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-119-66801-5
John Wiley & Sons
Further versions
Business Statistics continues the tradition of presenting and explaining the wonders of business statistics through a clear, complete, student-friendly pedagogy.
In this 10th edition, author Ken Black uses current real-world data to equip students with the business analytics techniques and quantitative decision-making skills required to make smart decisions in today's workplace.
Preface vii
1 Introduction to Statistics and Business Analytics 1
2 Visualizing Data with Charts and Graphs 22
3 Descriptive Statistics 56
4 Probability 92
5 Discrete Distributions 132
6 Continuous Distributions 169
7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions 205
8 Statistical Inference: Estimation for Single Populations 236
9 Statistical Inference: Hypothesis Testing for Single Populations 269
10 Statistical Inferences About Two Populations 318
11 Analysis of Variance and Design of Experiments 372
12 Simple Regression Analysis and Correlation 427
13 Multiple Regression Analysis 477
14 Building Multiple Regression Models 504
15 Time-Series Forecasting and Index Numbers 551
16 Analysis of Categorical Data 605
17 Nonparametric Statistics 625
18 Statistical Quality Control 668
19 Decision Analysis 710
Appendix A Tables 743
Appendix B Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Quantitative Problems 784
Glossary 793
Index 801
1 Introduction to Statistics and Business Analytics 1
2 Visualizing Data with Charts and Graphs 22
3 Descriptive Statistics 56
4 Probability 92
5 Discrete Distributions 132
6 Continuous Distributions 169
7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions 205
8 Statistical Inference: Estimation for Single Populations 236
9 Statistical Inference: Hypothesis Testing for Single Populations 269
10 Statistical Inferences About Two Populations 318
11 Analysis of Variance and Design of Experiments 372
12 Simple Regression Analysis and Correlation 427
13 Multiple Regression Analysis 477
14 Building Multiple Regression Models 504
15 Time-Series Forecasting and Index Numbers 551
16 Analysis of Categorical Data 605
17 Nonparametric Statistics 625
18 Statistical Quality Control 668
19 Decision Analysis 710
Appendix A Tables 743
Appendix B Answers to Selected Odd-Numbered Quantitative Problems 784
Glossary 793
Index 801
