Statistics for Managers Using Microsoft Excel, Global Edition plus MyStatLab with Pearson eText, Global Edition

David Levine, David Stephan, Kathryn Szabat (Autoren)

Media-Kombination

2017 | 8th edition
Pearson Education Limited
978-1-292-15645-3 (ISBN)

Infos

For undergraduate business statistics courses. This package includes MyStatLab(TM). Analyzing the Data Applicable to Business This text is the gold standard for learning how to use Microsoft Excel(R) in business statistics, helping students gain the understanding they need to be successful in their careers. The authors present statistics in the context of specific business fields; full chapters on business analytics further prepare students for success in their professions. Current data throughout the text lets students practice analyzing the types of data they will see in their professions. The friendly writing style includes tips throughout to encourage learning. The book also integrates PHStat, an add-in that bolsters the statistical functions of Excel. This package includes MyStatLab(TM), an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them absorb course material and understand difficult concepts.
MyStatLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Please be sure you have the correct ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

Inhalt

First Things First

  USING STATISTICS: “The Price of Admission”

FTF.1 Think Differently About Statistics

FTF.2 Business Analytics: The Changing Face of Statistics

FTF.3 Getting Started Learning Statistics

FTF.4 Preparing to Use Microsoft Excel for Statistics

   REFERENCES

  KEY TERMS

  EXCEL GUIDE

 

1. Defining and Collecting Data

  USING STATISTICS: Defining Moments

1.1 Defining Variables

1.2 Collecting Data

1.3 Types of Sampling Methods

1.4 Data Preparation

1.5 Types of Survey Errors

  CONSIDER THIS: New Media Surveys/Old Sampling Problems

  SUMMARY

  REFERENCES

  KEY TERMS

  USING STATISTICS: Defining Moments, Revisited

  CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING

  CHAPTER REVIEW PROBLEMS

  CASES FOR CHAPTER

  Managing Ashland MultiComm Services

  CardioGood Fitness

  Clear Mountain State Student Survey

  Learning with the Digital Cases

  CHAPTER 1 EXCEL GUIDE

 

2. Organizing and Visualizing Variables

  USING STATISTICS: “The Choice is Yours”

2.1 Organizing Categorical Variables

2.2 Organizing Numerical Variables

2.3 Visualizing Categorical Variables

2.4 Visualizing Numerical Variables

2.5 Visualizing Two Numerical Variables

2.6 Organizing and Visualizing a Mix of Variables

2.7 The Challenge in Organizing and Visualizing Variables

  USING STATISTICS: The Choice is Yours, Revisited

  SUMMARY

  REFERENCES

  KEY EQUATIONS

  KEY TERMS

  CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING

  CHAPTER REVIEW PROBLEMS

  CASES FOR CHAPTER

  Managing Ashland MultiComm Services

  Digital Case

  CardioGood Fitness

  The Choice is Yours Follow-Up

  Clear Mountain State Student Survey

  CHAPTER 2 EXCEL GUIDE

 

3. Numerical Descriptive Measures

  USING STATISTICS: More Descriptive Choices

3.1 Central Tendency

3.2 Variation and Shape

3.3 Exploring Numerical Data

3.4 Numerical Descriptive Measures for a Population

3.5 The Covariance and the Coefficient of Correlation

3.6 Statistics: Pitfalls and Ethical Issues

  SUMMARY

  REFERENCES

  KEY EQUATIONS

  KEY TERMS

  CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING

  CHAPTER REVIEW PROBLEMS

  CASES FOR CHAPTER

  Managing Ashland MultiComm Services

  Digital Case

  CardioGood Fitness

  More Descriptive Choices Follow-up

  Clear Mountain State Student Survey

  CHAPTER 3 EXCEL GUIDE

 

4. Basic Probability

  USING STATISTICS: Possibilities at M&R Electronics World

4.1 Basic Probability Concepts

4.2 Conditional Probability

4.3 Ethical Issues and Probability

4.4 Bayes’ Theorem

  CONSIDER THIS: Divine Providence and Spam

4.5 Counting Rules

  USING STATISTICS: Possibilities at M&R Electronics World, Revisited

  SUMMARY

  REFERENCES

  KEY EQUATIONS

  KEY TERMS

  CHECKING YOUR UNDERSTANDING

  CHAPTER REVIEW PROBLEMS

  CASES DIGITAL CASE

  CardioGood Fitness

  The Choice is Yours Follow-Up

  Clear Mountain State Student Survey

  CHAPTER 4 EXCEL GUIDE

 

5. Discrete Probability Distributions

  USING STATISTICS: Events of Interest at Ricknel Home Centers

5.1 The Probability Distribution for a Discrete Variable

5.2 Binomial Distribution

5.3 Poisson Dist

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.2.2017
• Verlagsort: Harlow
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 220 x 275 mm
• Gewicht: 1435 g
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Office Programme ► Excel
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Ökonometrie
• ISBN-10: 1-292-15645-7 / 1292156457
• ISBN-13: 978-1-292-15645-3 / 9781292156453
• Zustand: Neuware