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Lind, Douglas A.

Basic statistics for business and economics / Douglas A. Lind, William G. Marchal, Samuel A.Wathen. - 8th ed. - New York, NY : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2013. - xxvii, 596 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

Preface -- What is statistics? -- Describing data : frequency tables, frequency distributions, and graphic presentation -- Describing data : numerical measures -- Describing data : displaying and exploring data -- A survey of probability concepts -- Discrete probability distributions -- Continuous probability distributions -- Sampling methods and the central limit theorem -- Estimation and confidence intervals -- One-sample tests of hypothesis -- Two-sample tests of hypothesis -- Analysis of variance -- Correlation and linear regression -- Multiple regression analysis -- Nonparametric methods : goodness-of-fit tests -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Data sets -- Appendix B: Tables -- Appendix C: Answers to odd-numbered chapter.

ISBN: 9780073521473 (student edition : alk. paper) 0073521477 (student edition : alk. paper) 9780077416744 (instructor's edition : alk. paper) 0077416740 (instructor's edition : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2011037664

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Economics--Statistical methods.
Industrial management--Statistical methods.

LC Class. No.: HA29 / L75 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 519.5