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    <title>Applied statistics :improving business processes</title>
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    <namePart>Bowerman, Bruce L.</namePart>
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    <namePart>O'Connell, Richard T.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Irwin</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c1997</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1997</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xviii, 1273 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>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.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Bruce  L. Bowerman, Richard T. O'Connell.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Commercial statistics</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Statistics</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">HF1017.B654  </classification>
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      <title>The Irwin series in statistics</title>
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  <identifier type="isbn">025619386X</identifier>
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