Basic Statistical Ideas For Managers; Author: Hildebrand, David; Author: With Ott, R. Lyman; Hardback; Book

Author: Hildebrand, David; Author: With Ott, R. Lyman
Duxbury Series in Statistics & Decision Sciences; Hardback; Book
576 pages
Published: September 1996
Thomson Learning
ISBN: 0534255248
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Designed for the one-term introduction to business statistics course with a college algebra prerequisite, this text places emphasis on data and the common techniques and methods used to analyze them in business. It introduces concepts using practical examples and illustrates them with computer output from Minitab RM, SYSTAT, EXECUSTAT, Excel and other software packages. Review problems requiring students to use previously learned concepts also appear throughout to promote understanding of the relationships among statistical methods. Also includes: -- Three full chapters offering a complete survey of regression methods-- Quality and productivity concepts and techniques integrated throughout-- A data disk, included with each new copy of the text, that contains relevanPlacing emphasis on data and the common techniques and methods used to analyze them in business, this work introduces concepts using practical examples, illustrating them with computer output from Minitab, Systat, Execustat, Excel and other software packages.