From the renowned author team that has been writing market-leading business statistics textbooks for more than
20 years, ESSENTIALS OF MODERN BUSINESS STATISTICS, 3e provides a brief introduction to business statistics that
balances a conceptual understanding of statistics with the real-world application of statistical methodology. The
latest version of Microsoft Excel is integrated throughout the text, showing step-by-step instructions and screen
captures to enhance student learning. The Third Edition contains the same student learning features that have made
ASW products best-sellers for years; features include the problem-scenario approach and real-world examples that
introduce statistical techniques.
Table of Contents
1. Data and Statistics.
2. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods.
3. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods.
4. Introduction to Probability.
5. Discrete Probability Distributions.
6. Continuous Probability Distributions.
7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions.
8. Interval Estimation.
9. Hypothesis Testing.
10. Comparisons Involving Means.
11. Comparisons Involving Proportions.
12. Simple Linear Regression.
13. Multiple Regression.
14. Statistics for Quality Control.