Index and glossary.

Contents: A preview of business statistics -- Visual description of data -- Statistical description of data -- Data collection and sampling methods -- Probability: review of basic concepts -- Discrete probability distributions -- Continuos probability distributions -- Sampling distributions -- Estimation from sample data -- Hypothesis tests involving a sample mean or proportion -- Hypothesis tests involving two sample means or proportions -- Analysis of variance tests -- Chi-square applications -- Nonparametric methods -- Simple linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression and correlation -- Model building -- Models for time series and forecasting -- Decision theory -- Total quality management -- Ethics in statistical analysis and reproting (optional cd topic) -- Appendix A: Statistical tables -- Appendix B: Selected answers.