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Tables of Contents for Practical Business Statistics
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
PART I Introduction and Descriptive Statistics
1
141
Introduction Defining the Role of Statistics in Business
3
10
Data Structures Classifying the Various Types of Data Sets
13
13
Histograms Looking at the Distribution of the Data
26
38
Landmark Summaries Interpreting Typical Values and Percentiles
64
41
Variability Dealing with Diversity
105
36
PART II Probability
141
90
Probability Understanding Random Situations
143
44
Random Variables Working with Uncertain Numbers
187
44
PART III Statistical Inference
231
134
Random Sampling Planning Ahead for Data Gathering
233
42
Confidence Intervals Admitting that Estimates Are Not Exact
275
36
Hypothesis Testing Deciding between Reality and Coincidence
311
54
PART IV Regression and Time Series
365
214
Correlation and Regression Measuring and Predicting Relationships
367
68
Multiple Regression Predicting One Factor from Several Others
435
77
Report Writing Communicating the Results of a Multiple Regression
512
18
Time Series Understanding Changes over Time
530
49
PART V Methods and Applications
579
108
ANOVA Testing for Differences among Many Samples, and Much More
581
32
Nonparametrics Testing with Ordinal Data or Nonnormal Distributions
613
24
Chi-Squared Analysis Testing for Patterns in Qualitative Data
637
22
Quality Control Recognizing and Managing Variation
659
28
Appendix A Employee Database
687
2
Appendix B Self-Test: Solutions to Selected Problems and Database Exercises
689
14
Appendix C Statistical Tables
703
24
Glossary
727
12
Index
739