Applied statistics :improving business processes. /
Bruce L. Bowerman, Richard T. O'Connell.
- Chicago : Irwin, c1997.
- xviii, 1273 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- The Irwin series in statistics .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: An Introduction to business statistics -- Descriptive statistics -- Probability and random variables -- Probability distributions -- Sampling distributions -- Confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing -- Statistical inferences based on two samples -- Introduction to quality improvement using control charts -- Sample linear regression analysis -- Multiple regression -- Model building and model diagnostics -- Time series forecasting -- Experimental design and analysis of variance -- Chi-square tests -- Statistical tables -- Using matrix algebra to perform regression calculations -- Answers to most odd-numbered exercises.