TY - BOOK AU - Mason,Robert Deward AU - Lind,Douglas A. TI - Statistical techniques in business and economics SN - 0256139016 AV - HA29 .M268 1996 U1 - 519.5 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Chicago PB - Irwin KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Economics KW - Commercial statistics N1 - "Key formulas" [4 p.] inserted; Includes bibliographical references and index; What is statistics? -- Summarizing data: frequency distributions and graphic presentation -- Describing data-measures of central tendency -- Measures of dispersion and skewness -- A survey of probability and concepts -- Discrete probability distributions -- The normal probability distribution -- Sampling methods and sampling distributions -- Tests of hypotheses: large samples -- Tests of hypotheses: small samples -- Analysis of variance -- Linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression and correlation -- Nonparametric methods: chi-square applications -- Nonparametric methods: analysis of ranked data -- Statistical quality control -- Index numbers -- Time series and forecasting -- An introduction to decision making under uncertainity ER -