INSTRUCTOR’S SOLUTIONS MANUA
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DIRK TEMPELAAR
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Masstricht University
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BUSINESS STATISTICS G
THIRD E DITION G
Robert A. Donnellyg g
Complete Chapter Solutions Manual are
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included (Ch 1 to 18)g g g g
** Immediate Download
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** Swift Response
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** All Chapters included
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, Table of Contents
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Chapterg1:gAngIntroductiongtogBusinessgStatistics… ..................................................................... 1-1
Chapterg2:gDisplayinggDescriptivegStatistics…............................................................................. 2-1
Chapterg3:gCalculatinggDescriptivegStatistics… ............................................................................ 3-1
Chapterg4:gIntroductiongtogProbabilities… ....................................................................................4-1
Chapterg5:gDiscretegProbabilitygDistributions… .......................................................................... 5-1
Chapterg6:gContinuousgProbabilitygDistributions… ......................................................................6-1
Chapterg7:gSamplinggandgSamplinggDistributions… ..................................................................... 7-1
Chapterg8:gConfidencegIntervals… ............................................................................................... 8-1
Chapterg9:gHypothesisgTestinggforgagSinglegPopulation… ........................................................... 9-1
Chapterg10:gHypothesisgTestsgComparinggTwogPopulations… ................................................... 10-1
Chapterg11:gAnalysisgofgVarianceg(ANOVA)gProcedures…....................................................... 11-1
Chapterg12:gChi-SquaregTests… ................................................................................................. 12-1
Chapterg13:gHypothesisgTestsgforgthegPopulationgVariance… ..................................................... 13-1
Chapterg14:gCorrelationgandgSimplegLineargRegression….......................................................... 14-1
Chapterg15:gMultiplegRegressiongandgModelgBuilding… ........................................................... 15-1
Chapterg16:gForecasting .............................................................................................................. 16-1
Chapterg17:gDecisiongAnalysis… ............................................................................................... 17-1
Chapterg18:gNonparametricgStatistics… ..................................................................................... 18-1
, CHAPTER 1 g
An Introduction to Business Statistics
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1.1 Quantitative/Interval.gThegdifferencesgbetweengaveragegmonthlygtemperaturesgareg
meaningful,gbutgtheregisgnogtruegzerogpoint,gi.e.,gabsencegofgtemperature.
1.2 Quantitative/Ratio.gThegdifferencesgbetweengaveragegmonthlygrainfallsgaregmeaningful,gandgt
heregisgagtruegzerogpoint,gbecausegtheregmaygbegagmonthgwithoutganygrainfalls.
1.3 Qualitative/Ordinal.gYougcangrankgeducationglevel,gbutgthegdifferencesgbetweengdifferentg
educationalglevelsgcannotgbegmeasured.
1.4 Qualitative/Nominal.gThegmaritalgstatusgisgjustgaglabelgwithoutgagmeaningfulgdifference,gorgr
anking.
1.5 Quantitative/Ratio.gThegdifferencesgbetweengagesgofgrespondentsgaregmeaningfulgandgthere
isgagtruegzerogpoint:gangagegofgthegrespondentsgthatgequalsgzerogrepresentsgthegabsencegofgage.
1.6 Qualitative/Nominal.gTheggendersgaregmerelyglabelsgwithgnogrankinggorgmeaningfulg
difference.
1.7 Quantitative/Interval.gThegdifferencesgbetweengbirthgyearsgaregmeaningful,gbutgtheregisgnogtruegz
erogpointgwithgcalendargyears.
1.8 Qualitative/gNominal.gThegpoliticalgaffiliationsgaregmerelyglabelsgwithgnogrankinggorg
meaningfulgdifference.
1.9 Qualitative/gNominal.gThegracesgofgthegrespondentsgaregmerelyglabelsgwithgnogrankinggorg
meaningfulgdifference.
1.10 Qualitative/gOrdinal.gYougcangrankgthegperformancegrating,gbutgthegdifferencesgbetweeng
differentgperformancegratingsgcannotgbegmeasured.
1.11 Qualitative/gNominal.gTheguniformgnumbersgofgeachgmembergofgthegschool’sgsportgteamgaregl
abelsgwithgnogrankinggorgmeaningfulgdifference.
1.12 Qualitative/ordinal.gThegdifferencesgingthegdatagvaluesgbetweengclassgranksgaregnotg
meaningful.
, 1-2g g Chapterg1
1.13 Quantitative/Ratio.gThegdifferencesgbetweengfinalgexamgscoresgforgyourgstatisticsgclass
aregmeaningful,gandgtheregisgagtruegzerogpointgbecausegagstudentgwhogdidgnotgtakegthegexamgwo
uldghavegagscoregofgzero.
1.14 Qualitative/Nominal.gThegstategingwhichgthegrespondentsgingagsurveygresidegisgaglabelgandgitgi
sgmeaninglessgtogtalkgaboutgthegratinggofgthisgvalue.
1.15 Quantitative/Interval.g ThegdifferencesgbetweengSATgscoresgforggraduatingghighgschoolgstude
ntsgaregmeaningful,gbutgtheregisgnogtruegzerogpointgbecausegagstudentgwithgangSATgscoregequalgt
ogzerogdoesgnotgindicategthegabsencegofgagscore.
1.16 Qualitative/Ordinal.gYougcangrankgmoviegratings,gbutgthegdifferencesgbetweeng
differentgratingsgcannotgbegmeasured.
1.17 Qualitative/ordinal.gThegdifferencesgingthegdatagvaluesgbetweengratingsgaregnotgmeaningful.
1.18 Qualitative/ordinal.gThegdifferencesgingthegdatagvaluesgbetweengratingsgaregnotgmeaningful.
1.19 Cross-sectional
1.20 Timegseries
1.21 Timegseries:gMengweeklygearningsgovergthegfivegyears.gTi
megseries:gWomengweeklygearningsgovergthegfivegyears.
1.22 Cross-sectionalgdata:gMengandgwomengworkersgweeklygearningsgforganygonegparticulargyear.
1.23 Cross-sectional:gThegnumbergofg8x10,g11x14gandg13x19gprintsgsoldgovergagparticulargyear.
1.24 Timegseries:gthegnumbergofg8x10gprintsgsoldgovergthegfourgyears.gT
imegseries:gthegnumbergofg11x14gprintsgsoldgovergthegfourgyears.gTi
megseries:gthegnumbergofg13x19gprintsgsoldgovergthegfourgyears.
1.25 Descriptivegstatistics,gbecausegitgidentifiesgagsamplegmean.
1.26 Inferentialgstatistics,gbecausegthegstatementsgaboutgcomparinggthegaveragegcostsgofgaghotelgr
oomgingtwogstatesgwasgbasedgongresultsgfromgsamplesgtakengfromgtwogpopulations.
G G
L
DIRK TEMPELAAR
G
Masstricht University
g
BUSINESS STATISTICS G
THIRD E DITION G
Robert A. Donnellyg g
Complete Chapter Solutions Manual are
g g g g g
included (Ch 1 to 18)g g g g
** Immediate Download
g g
** Swift Response
g g
** All Chapters included
g g g
, Table of Contents
g g
Chapterg1:gAngIntroductiongtogBusinessgStatistics… ..................................................................... 1-1
Chapterg2:gDisplayinggDescriptivegStatistics…............................................................................. 2-1
Chapterg3:gCalculatinggDescriptivegStatistics… ............................................................................ 3-1
Chapterg4:gIntroductiongtogProbabilities… ....................................................................................4-1
Chapterg5:gDiscretegProbabilitygDistributions… .......................................................................... 5-1
Chapterg6:gContinuousgProbabilitygDistributions… ......................................................................6-1
Chapterg7:gSamplinggandgSamplinggDistributions… ..................................................................... 7-1
Chapterg8:gConfidencegIntervals… ............................................................................................... 8-1
Chapterg9:gHypothesisgTestinggforgagSinglegPopulation… ........................................................... 9-1
Chapterg10:gHypothesisgTestsgComparinggTwogPopulations… ................................................... 10-1
Chapterg11:gAnalysisgofgVarianceg(ANOVA)gProcedures…....................................................... 11-1
Chapterg12:gChi-SquaregTests… ................................................................................................. 12-1
Chapterg13:gHypothesisgTestsgforgthegPopulationgVariance… ..................................................... 13-1
Chapterg14:gCorrelationgandgSimplegLineargRegression….......................................................... 14-1
Chapterg15:gMultiplegRegressiongandgModelgBuilding… ........................................................... 15-1
Chapterg16:gForecasting .............................................................................................................. 16-1
Chapterg17:gDecisiongAnalysis… ............................................................................................... 17-1
Chapterg18:gNonparametricgStatistics… ..................................................................................... 18-1
, CHAPTER 1 g
An Introduction to Business Statistics
g g g g
1.1 Quantitative/Interval.gThegdifferencesgbetweengaveragegmonthlygtemperaturesgareg
meaningful,gbutgtheregisgnogtruegzerogpoint,gi.e.,gabsencegofgtemperature.
1.2 Quantitative/Ratio.gThegdifferencesgbetweengaveragegmonthlygrainfallsgaregmeaningful,gandgt
heregisgagtruegzerogpoint,gbecausegtheregmaygbegagmonthgwithoutganygrainfalls.
1.3 Qualitative/Ordinal.gYougcangrankgeducationglevel,gbutgthegdifferencesgbetweengdifferentg
educationalglevelsgcannotgbegmeasured.
1.4 Qualitative/Nominal.gThegmaritalgstatusgisgjustgaglabelgwithoutgagmeaningfulgdifference,gorgr
anking.
1.5 Quantitative/Ratio.gThegdifferencesgbetweengagesgofgrespondentsgaregmeaningfulgandgthere
isgagtruegzerogpoint:gangagegofgthegrespondentsgthatgequalsgzerogrepresentsgthegabsencegofgage.
1.6 Qualitative/Nominal.gTheggendersgaregmerelyglabelsgwithgnogrankinggorgmeaningfulg
difference.
1.7 Quantitative/Interval.gThegdifferencesgbetweengbirthgyearsgaregmeaningful,gbutgtheregisgnogtruegz
erogpointgwithgcalendargyears.
1.8 Qualitative/gNominal.gThegpoliticalgaffiliationsgaregmerelyglabelsgwithgnogrankinggorg
meaningfulgdifference.
1.9 Qualitative/gNominal.gThegracesgofgthegrespondentsgaregmerelyglabelsgwithgnogrankinggorg
meaningfulgdifference.
1.10 Qualitative/gOrdinal.gYougcangrankgthegperformancegrating,gbutgthegdifferencesgbetweeng
differentgperformancegratingsgcannotgbegmeasured.
1.11 Qualitative/gNominal.gTheguniformgnumbersgofgeachgmembergofgthegschool’sgsportgteamgaregl
abelsgwithgnogrankinggorgmeaningfulgdifference.
1.12 Qualitative/ordinal.gThegdifferencesgingthegdatagvaluesgbetweengclassgranksgaregnotg
meaningful.
, 1-2g g Chapterg1
1.13 Quantitative/Ratio.gThegdifferencesgbetweengfinalgexamgscoresgforgyourgstatisticsgclass
aregmeaningful,gandgtheregisgagtruegzerogpointgbecausegagstudentgwhogdidgnotgtakegthegexamgwo
uldghavegagscoregofgzero.
1.14 Qualitative/Nominal.gThegstategingwhichgthegrespondentsgingagsurveygresidegisgaglabelgandgitgi
sgmeaninglessgtogtalkgaboutgthegratinggofgthisgvalue.
1.15 Quantitative/Interval.g ThegdifferencesgbetweengSATgscoresgforggraduatingghighgschoolgstude
ntsgaregmeaningful,gbutgtheregisgnogtruegzerogpointgbecausegagstudentgwithgangSATgscoregequalgt
ogzerogdoesgnotgindicategthegabsencegofgagscore.
1.16 Qualitative/Ordinal.gYougcangrankgmoviegratings,gbutgthegdifferencesgbetweeng
differentgratingsgcannotgbegmeasured.
1.17 Qualitative/ordinal.gThegdifferencesgingthegdatagvaluesgbetweengratingsgaregnotgmeaningful.
1.18 Qualitative/ordinal.gThegdifferencesgingthegdatagvaluesgbetweengratingsgaregnotgmeaningful.
1.19 Cross-sectional
1.20 Timegseries
1.21 Timegseries:gMengweeklygearningsgovergthegfivegyears.gTi
megseries:gWomengweeklygearningsgovergthegfivegyears.
1.22 Cross-sectionalgdata:gMengandgwomengworkersgweeklygearningsgforganygonegparticulargyear.
1.23 Cross-sectional:gThegnumbergofg8x10,g11x14gandg13x19gprintsgsoldgovergagparticulargyear.
1.24 Timegseries:gthegnumbergofg8x10gprintsgsoldgovergthegfourgyears.gT
imegseries:gthegnumbergofg11x14gprintsgsoldgovergthegfourgyears.gTi
megseries:gthegnumbergofg13x19gprintsgsoldgovergthegfourgyears.
1.25 Descriptivegstatistics,gbecausegitgidentifiesgagsamplegmean.
1.26 Inferentialgstatistics,gbecausegthegstatementsgaboutgcomparinggthegaveragegcostsgofgaghotelgr
oomgingtwogstatesgwasgbasedgongresultsgfromgsamplesgtakengfromgtwogpopulations.
