Basic business statistics

A casebook

Dean P. Foster, Robert A. Stine, Richard P. Waterman

260 pages, parution le 01/01/1998

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Résumé

This book provides a set of case studies that can supplement any business statistics text. Developed at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, it is used for the beginning statistics course for MBA students. The casebook provides the latest in data analysis techniques, and includes a discussion of JMP and Minitab commands. Contents1 Overview and Foundations2 Statistical Summaries of Data

GMAT Scores
Returns on General Motors Stock
Skewness in Executive Compensation

3 Sources of Variation

Variation by Industry in Executive Compensation
Patterns in Early International Airline Passenger Data
Monitoring an Automotive Manufacturing Process

4 Standard Error

Control Charts for Motor Shafts
Control Chart Analysis of Car Trunk Seam Variation
Analysis of Production of Computer Chips

5 Confidence Invervals

Interval Estimates of the Process Mean (Continued)
Purchases of Consumer Goods

6 Sampling

Internet Use Surveys
Hotel Satisfaction Survey

7 Making Decisions

Selecting a Painting Process
Effects of Reengineering a Food Processing Line
Analysis of Time for Service Calls

8 Designing Tests for Better Comparisons

Taste-Test Comparison of Teas
Pharmaceutical Sales Force Comparison

9 Confounding Effects in Tests: A Case Study

Wage Discrimination

10 Covariance, Correlation, and Portfolios

Stocks, Portfolios, and the Efficient Frontier

11 A Preview of Regression

Performance of Mutual Funds

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Éditeur(s)	Springer
Auteur(s)	Dean P. Foster, Robert A. Stine, Richard P. Waterman
Parution	01/01/1998
Nb. de pages	260
Format	21,5 x 27,8
Couverture	Broché
Poids	633g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780387983547
ISBN13	978-0-387-98354-7