TY - BOOK AU - Bowerman,Bruce L. AU - O'Connell,Richard T. TI - Applied statistics :improving business processes. SN - 025619386X AV - HF1017.B654 PY - 1997/// CY - Chicago PB - Irwin KW - Commercial statistics KW - Statistics N1 - 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 ER -