Procedures for the Automated Office or First Course In Business Statistics

Procedures for the Automated Office

Author: Sharon Burton

• Ensure success using basic office procedures,
• Enhance professional development, and
• Build greater confidence

Learn the skills that make every office worker a communication link—in person, over the telephone, via computer, and in writing:

• How to End Your Day Section: Prepare for practical functions of the workday.
• Online Information Services, Service Providers and Browsers: Make your job easier.
• Electronic Conferencing: Choose the right communication tool.

Enhance Your Skills

• Action Planning
• Surfing the Net
• Basic Skills Workshops
• Projects, Activities, and Applications

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First Course In Business Statistics

Author: James T McClav

Designed for readers with a background in basic algebra, this best-selling introduction to statistics for business and economics emphasizes inference—with extensive coverage of data collection and analysis as needed to evaluate the reported results of statistical studies and make good business decisions. It stresses the development of statistical thinking, the assessment of credibility and value of the inferences made from data—both by those who consume and those who produce them—and features numerous case studies, examples, and exercises—all drawing on real business situations and recent economic events. Statistics, Data, and Statistical Thinking. Methods for Describing Sets of Data. Probability. Random Variables and Probability Distributions. Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Estimation with Confidence Intervals. Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Tests of Hypothesis. Comparing Population Means. Comparing Population Proportions. Simple Linear Regression. Introduction to Multiple Regression. Basic Methods for Quality Improvement. For anyone interested in statistics for business and economics.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
Ch. 1	What Is Statistics?	1
Ch. 2	Methods for Describing Sets of Data	21
Ch. 3	Probability	125
Ch. 4	Random Variables and Probability Distributions	179
Ch. 5	Sampling Distributions	257
Ch. 6	Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Estimation	291
Ch. 7	Inferences Based on a Single Sample: Tests of Hypotheses	327
Ch. 8	Comparing Two Population Means	385
Ch. 9	Comparing Population Proportions	447
Ch. 10	Regression Analysis	493
Ch. 11	Methods for Quality Improvement	607
	Appendix A: Basic Counting Rules	681
	Appendix B: Tables	685
	Appendix C: Demographic Data Set	715
	Appendix D: ASP Tutorial	719
	Answers to Exercises	725
	Index	739