TY - BOOK AU - Anderson,David R. AU - Sweeney, Dennis J. AU - Williams, Thomas A. TI - Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics SN - 9780324003284 U1 - 519.5 PY - 2000/// CY - Cincinnati PB - South-Western College, KW - Social sciences -- Statistical methods KW - Commercial statistics N1 - Index annexed; Preface -- About the Authors -- Ch. 1. Data and Statistics -- Ch. 2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods -- Ch. 3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods -- Ch. 4. Introduction to Probability -- Ch. 5. Discrete Probability Distributions -- Ch. 6. Continuous Probability Distributions -- Ch. 7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions -- Ch. 8. Interval Estimation -- Ch. 9. Hypothesis Testing -- Ch. 10. Comparisons Involving Means -- Ch. 11. Comparisons Involving Proportions and a Test of Independence -- Ch. 12. Simple Linear Regression -- Ch. 13. Multiple Regression -- Appendixes -- App. A: References and Bibliography -- App. B: Tables -- App. C: Summation Notation -- App. D: Answers to Even-Numbered Exercises -- App. E: Solutions to Self-Test Exercises -- Index N2 - Intended for managers and decision-makers who would like to have a better understanding of the vast amounts of statistical information in today's global business and economic environment. The text will help the business professional to have a better understanding of how to use statistics to make better business decisions ER -