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Wonnacott, Thomas H., 1935-

Introductory statistics for business and economics / Thomas H. Wonnacott, Ronald J. Wonnacott. - 3rd ed. - New York : Wiley, c1984. - xxii, 746 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - Wiley series in probability and mathematical statistics. Applied probability and statistics .

BASIC PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS.
The Nature of Statistics.
Descriptive Statistics.
Probability.
Probability Distributions.
Two Random Variables.

INFERENCE FOR MEANS AND PROPORTIONS.
Sampling.
Point Estimation.
Confidence Intervals.
Hypothesis Testing.
Analysis of Variance.

REGRESSION: RELATING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES.
Fitting a Line.
Simple Regression.
Multiple Regression.
Regression Extensions.
Correlation.

TOPICS IN CLASSICAL AND BAYESIAN INFERENCE.
Nonparametric and Robust Statistics.
Chi Square Tests.
Maximum Likelihood Estimation.
Bayesian Inference.
Bayesian Decision Theory.

SPECIAL TOPICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS.
Decision Trees.
Index Numbers.
Sampling Designs.
Time Series.
Simultaneous Equations.

Includes Bibliography and index

ISBN: 0471805254

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Social sciences--Statistical methods.
Statistics.
Commercial statistics.
Economics--Statistical methods.

Dewey Class. No.: 519.5 / WON