Statistics for Management

Levin, Richard I, Rubin, David S., Siddiqui, Masood H., and Rastogi, Sanjay.

Statistics for Management - 8th Ed. - Noida: Pearson; 2017. - ix, 985 p.

Statistics for Management, 8e, is a comprehensive textbook designed to help students understand the statistical concepts and applications used in business and management situations. In the manner of the earlier editions, this edition too omits complex notations in favor of graphic and verbal explanations and aims to explain the subject with a practical orientation. Examples from the real world are discussed to explain how the textbook principles work in professional practice. Written in a simple and lucid language, this book is an excellent resource for students pursuing management courses. Salient Features• Emphasis on providing easy-to-understand explanation of statistical topic a strong real-world focus • Offers three types of end-of-chapter exercise – Basic Concepts (exercises without scenarios), Applications (with scenarios) and Self-Check Exercises (with worked-out solutions right in the section)• Increase in the number of real-world examples in the end-of-chapter sections Review and Application Exercises • Includes new problems and cases specifically covering the Indian scenario• Provides a step wise guide along with relevant snapshots for running various tools on the SPSS software and the MS Excel Package Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Grouping and Displaying Data to Convey Meaning:Tables and Graphs Chapter 3 Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion in Frequency Distributions Chapter 4 Probability I: Introductory Ideas Chapter 5 Probability Distributions Chapter 6 Sampling and Sampling Distributions Chapter 7 Estimation Chapter 8 Testing Hypotheses: One-sample Tests Chapter 9 Testing Hypotheses: Two-sample Tests Chapter 10 Quality and Quality Control Chapter 11 Chi-Square and Analysis of Variance Chapter 12 Simple Regression and Correlation Chapter 13 Multiple Regression and Modelling Chapter 14 Non-parametric Methods Chapter 15 T time Series and Forecasting Chapter 16 Index Numbers Chapter 17 Decision Theory Appendix Tables Bibliography Index

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Statistics for Business Management-- Quantitative -- Qualitative Techniques

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