Statistics for Business and Economics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
Statistics for Business and Economics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134456997
Author: James T. McClave, P. George Benson, Terry Sincich
Publisher: PEARSON
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Statistics for Business and Economics, Student Value Edition (13th Edition)

Ch. 1 - What is statistics?Ch. 1 - Explain the difference between descriptive and...Ch. 1 - List and define the four elements of a descriptive...Ch. 1 - List and define the five elements of an...Ch. 1 - List the three major methods of collecting data...Ch. 1 - Explain the difference between quantitative and...Ch. 1 - Explain how populations and variables differ.Ch. 1 - Explain how populations and samples differ.Ch. 1 - What is a representative sample? What is its...Ch. 1 - Why would a statistician consider an inference...
Ch. 1 - Explain the difference between a population and a...Ch. 1 - Define statistical thinking.Ch. 1 - Suppose youre given a data set that classifies...Ch. 1 - Suppose that a population contains 200,000...Ch. 1 - The Random Numbers applet generates a list of n...Ch. 1 - The Random Numbers applet can be used to select a...Ch. 1 - Applying the ConceptsBasic 1.15 Performance-based...Ch. 1 - Jamming attacks on wireless networks. Terrorists...Ch. 1 - Disaggregation of annually reported accounting...Ch. 1 - College application data. Colleges and...Ch. 1 - Opinion polls. Pollsters regularly conduct opinion...Ch. 1 - Cybersecurity survey. The information systems...Ch. 1 - Treasury deficit prior to the Civil War. In Civil...Ch. 1 - The lucky store effect in lottery ticket sales. In...Ch. 1 - Consumer recycling behavior. Under what conditions...Ch. 1 - Who is better at multi-tasking? In business,...Ch. 1 - Zillow.com estimates of home values. Zillow.com is...Ch. 1 - Drafting NFL quarterbacks. The National Football...Ch. 1 - The economic return to earning an MBA. What are...Ch. 1 - Corporate sustainability and firm characteristics....Ch. 1 - Inspection of highway bridges. All highway bridges...Ch. 1 - Structurally deficient highway bridges. Refer to...Ch. 1 - Monitoring product quality. The Wallace Company of...Ch. 1 - Guilt in decision making. The effect of guilt...Ch. 1 - Accounting and Machiavellianism. Behavioral...Ch. 1 - Can money spent on gifts buy love? Is the gift you...Ch. 1 - Random-digit dialing. To ascertain the...Ch. 1 - Current population survey. The employment status...Ch. 1 - Monitoring the production of soft-drink cans. The...Ch. 1 - Sampling TV markets for a court case. A recent...Ch. 1 - Critical Thinking Challenge 1.40 20/20 survey...
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