Statistical Methods for Business and Economics

Detailed table of contents Preface Guided Tour Technology to enhance teaching and learning 1 Introduction and basic concepts Part 1 Descriptive Statistics 2. Tables and graphs 3. Measures of location 4. Measures of variation 5. Pairs of variables Part 2 Probability 6. Definitions of Probability 7. Calculation of probabilities 8. Probability distribution, expectation, variance 9. Families of discrete distributions 10. Families of continuous distributions 11. Joint probability distributions Part 3 Sampling theory 12. Random samples 13. The sample mean 14. Sample proportion and other sample statistics Part 4 Inferential statistics 15. Interval estimation and hypothesis testing: a general introduction 16. Confidence intervals and tests for and 17. Statistical inference about 18. Confidence intervals and tests to compare two parameters 19. Simple linear regression 20. Multiple linear regression: introduction 21. Multiple linear regression: extension 22. Multiple linear regression: model violations 23. Time series and forecasting 24. Chi-squared tests 25. Nonparametric statistics Appendix A1 Excel and SPSS (on Internet) Appendix A2 Summation operator ? Appendix A3 Greek letters Appendix A4 Tables Appendix A5 Numeric answers of exercises