Introductory Statistics for Management and Economics or Appalachia in an International Context

Introductory Statistics for Management and Economics

Author: James L Kenkel

This text is intended for the two-term introductory statistics course for business and economics majors at the undergraduate or MBA level. College Algebra is a prerequisite. The author emphasizes statistical inference and model-building in a real-world context and presents a complete introduction to regression and forecasting. Statistical software output from SPSS®, MINITAB?, and SAS® is included in each chapter's "Computer Applications" section to aid students in understanding and interpreting statistical output.

Table of Contents:

1	What Statistics Is All About	1
2	Data Collection and Sampling Theory	7
3	Summarizing Data in Tables and Graphs	42
4	Summary Statistics: Measures of Location and Dispersion	77
5	Introduction to Probability	133
6	Discrete Probability Distributions	192
7	Some Important Discrete Distributions	220
8	Some Useful Continuous Probability Distributions	248
9	Sampling Theory and Some Important Sampling Distributions	288
10	Estimating and Constructing Confidence Intervals	339
11	Hypothesis Testing	391
12	Tests of Hypotheses Involving Two Populations	476
13	Chi-Square Tests	509
14	Analysis of Variance	546
15	Regression and Correlation	584
16	Multiple Regression Models	667
17	Special Topics in Multiple Regression Analysis	709
18	Residual Analysis and Violations of the Basic Assumptions	757
19	Time Series Analysis I: Estimation of the Trend Component	813
20	Time Series Analysis II: Estimation of the Seasonal Component	867
21	Some Nonparametric Tests	901
22	Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory	945
23	Quality Control	978
	Appendix A: Statistical Tables	1036
	Appendix B: Answers to Selected Exercises	1065
	Index	1091

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Appalachia in an International Context: Cross-National Comparisons of Developing Regions

Author: Phillip J Obermiller

The study of diverse yet comparable regions uncovers structural similarities that override the "defective culture" theory of developing regions as well as the belief that they are unique ecological phenomena. This collected work establishes Appalachia as a case study for a coherent cross-national perspective. Written by authorities on the social and economic problems of these regions, this work should assist in alleviating some of the most striking misconceptions about regional development.