Solutions Manual for Business Statistics. 2nd Edition. ISBN-13: 978-0321689405, ISBN-10: 0321689402

Solutions Manual to Accompany
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Essentials of ModernBusin
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ess Statistics
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With Microsoft Excel
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Second Edition c




David R. Andersonc c



University of Cincinnati c c




Dennis J. Sweeney c c



University of Cincinnati c c




Thomas A. Williams c c



Rochester Institute of Technology
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South-
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,Contents
Preface c



Chapter
1. Data and Statistics
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2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods
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3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods
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4. Introduction to Probability c c



5. Discrete Probability Distributions
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6. Continuous Probability Distributions
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7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions
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8. Interval Estimation
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9. Hypothesis Testing c



10. Comparisons Involving Means c c



11. Comparisons Involving Proportions and A Test of Independence
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12. Simple Linear Regression
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13. Multiple Regression
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14. Statistical Methods for Quality Control
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,Preface

ThecpurposecofcEssentialscofcModerncBusinesscStatisticscwithcMicrosoftcExcelcisctocprovidecst
udents,cprimarilycincthecfieldscofcbusinesscadministrationcandceconomics,cwithcacsoundcconcep
tualcintroductionctocthecfieldcofcstatisticscandcitscmanycapplications.cThectextciscapplications-
orientedcandchascbeencwrittencwithcthecneedscofcthecnonmathematiciancincmind.


Thecsolutionscmanualcfurnishescassistancecbycidentifyingclearningcobjectivescandcprovidingcd
etailedcsolutionscforcallcexercisescincthectext.


Note:c Thecsolutionsctoctheccasecproblemscarecincludedcincacseparatecmanual.



Acknowledgements
WecwouldclikectocprovidecspecialcrecognitionctocCatherinecJ.cWilliamscforcherceffortscincpr
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DavidcR.cAndersonc
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, Chapter 1 c




Data and Statistics
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LearningcObjectives

1. Obtaincancappreciationcforcthecbreadthcofcstatisticalcapplicationscincbusinesscandceconomics.

2. Understandcthecmeaningcofcthectermscelements,cvariables,candcobservationscasctheycarecusedcincs
tatistics.

3. Understandcthatcdatacarecobtainedcusingconecofcthecfollowingcscalescofcmeasurement:cnominal,co
rdinal,cinterval,candcratio.

4. Obtaincancunderstandingcofcthecdifferencecbetweencqualitative,cquantitative,ccrossectionalcandctimecs
eriescdata.

5. Learncaboutcthecsourcescofcdatacforcstatisticalcanalysiscbothcinternalcandcexternalctocthecfirm.

6. Becawarecofchowcerrorsccancarisecincdata.

7. Knowcthecmeaningcofcdescriptivecstatisticscandcstatisticalcinference.

8. Becablectocdistinguishcbetweencacpopulationcandcacsample.

9. Understandcthecrolecacsamplecplayscincmakingcstatisticalcinferencescaboutcthecpopulation.




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