Thursday, January 29, 2009

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:
1What Statistics Is All About1
2Data Collection and Sampling Theory7
3Summarizing Data in Tables and Graphs42
4Summary Statistics: Measures of Location and Dispersion77
5Introduction to Probability133
6Discrete Probability Distributions192
7Some Important Discrete Distributions220
8Some Useful Continuous Probability Distributions248
9Sampling Theory and Some Important Sampling Distributions288
10Estimating and Constructing Confidence Intervals339
11Hypothesis Testing391
12Tests of Hypotheses Involving Two Populations476
13Chi-Square Tests509
14Analysis of Variance546
15Regression and Correlation584
16Multiple Regression Models667
17Special Topics in Multiple Regression Analysis709
18Residual Analysis and Violations of the Basic Assumptions757
19Time Series Analysis I: Estimation of the Trend Component813
20Time Series Analysis II: Estimation of the Seasonal Component867
21Some Nonparametric Tests901
22Introduction to Statistical Decision Theory945
23Quality Control978
Appendix A: Statistical Tables1036
Appendix B: Answers to Selected Exercises1065
Index1091

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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.



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