TY - BOOK AU - Groebner,David F. TI - Business statistics : : a decision-making approach / SN - 9780132334938 U1 - 519.5 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : PB - Pearson/Prentice Hall, KW - EMBA KW - Commercial statistics KW - Statistical decision N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1: The Where, Why and How of Data Collection -- Chapter 2: Graphs, Charts, and Tables - Describing Your Data -- Chapter 3: Describing Data Using Numerical Measures -- Chapter 4: Introduction to Probability -- Chapter 5: Introduction to Discrete Probability Distributions -- Chapter 6: Introduction to Continuous Probability Distributions -- Chapter 7: Introduction to Sampling Distributions -- Chapter 8: Estimating Single Population Parameters -- Chapter 9: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing -- Chapter 10: Estimation and Hypothesis Testing for Two Population Parameters -- Chapter 11: Hypothesis Tests for One and Two Population Variances -- Chapter 12: Analysis of Variance -- Chapter 13: Goodness-of-Fit Tests and Contingency Analysis -- Chapter 14: Introduction to Linear Regression and Correlation Analysis -- Chapter 15: Multiple Regression and Model Building -- Chapter 16: Analyzing and Forecasting Time-Series Data -- Chapter 17: Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics -- Chapter 18: Introduction to Quality and Statistical Process Control -- Chapter 19: Introduction to Decision Analysis N2 - For the 1 or 2 semester course in Business Statistics. Emphasizing the use of statistical software like Excel and Minitab, this comprehensive text offers a rich array of business examples, real data, and a unique step-by-step framework that allows students to learn by doing ER -