TY - BOOK AU - Lind,Douglas A. AU - Marchal,William G. AU - Wathen,Samuel A. TI - Statistical techniques in business and economics SN - 9781259071591 U1 - 000SA.01 23 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Commercial statistics. KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods. KW - Economics N1 - Includes index; 1. What is statistics? -- 2. Describing data: frequency tables, frequency distributions and graphic presentation -- 3. Describing date--numerical measures -- 4. Describing data: displaying and exploring data -- 5. A survey of probability concepts -- 6. Discrete probability distributions -- 7. continuous probability distribution -- 8. Sampling methods and the central limit theoroem -- 9. Estimation and confidence intervals -- 10. One-semple test of hypothesis -- 11. Two-sample tests of hypothesis -- 12. Analysis of variance -- 13. Correlation and Linear regression -- 14. Multiple regression analysis -- 15. Index numbers -- 16. Time series and forecasting -- 17. Nonparametric methods: goodness-of-fit tests -- 18. Nonparametric methods: analysis of ranked data -- 19. Statistical process control and quality management -- 20. An introduction to decision theory N2 - The text presents concepts clearly and succinctly with a conversational writing style and illustrates concepts through the liberal use of business-focused examples that are relevant to the current world of a college student. Known as a “student's text,” Lind's supporting pedagogy includes self reviews, cumulative exercises, and coverage of software applications including Excel, Minitab, and MegaStat for Excel. The new 15th edition puts more emphasis on the interpretation of data and results and supports Lind's student-centric, step-by-step approach with McGraw-Hill's industry leading online assessment resource Connect Business Statistics. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective ER -