Student Solutions Manual for Business Statistics

<h2>Brief Contents</h2> <div class="c-section-headers-non-traditional-number-list_container"> <h3>PART I: EXPLORING AND COLLECTING DATA</h3> <ol> <li>Data and Decisions (H&amp;M)</li> <li>Visualizing and Describing Categorical Data (Dalia Research)</li> <li>Describing, Displaying, and Visualizing Quantitative Data (AIG)</li> <li>Correlation and Linear Regression (Zillow.com)</li> </ol> <h3>PART II: MODELING AND PROBABILITY</h3> <ol start="5"> <li>Randomness and Probability (Credit Reports, the Fair Isaacs Corporation, and Equifax)</li> <li>Random Variables and Probability Models (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company)</li> <li>The Normal and Other Continuous Distributions (The NYSE)</li> </ol> <h3>PART III: GATHERING DATA</h3> <ol start="8"> <li>Data Sources: Observational Studies and Surveys (Roper Polls)</li> <li>Data Sources: Experiments (Capital One)</li> </ol> <h3>PART IV: INFERENCE FOR DECISION MAKING</h3> <ol start="10"> <li>Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals for Proportions (Marketing Credit Cards: The MBNA Story)</li> <li>Confidence Intervals for Means (Guinness &amp; Co.)</li> <li>Testing Hypotheses (Casting Ingots)</li> <li>More About Tests and Intervals (Traveler’s Insurance)</li> <li>Comparing Two Means (Visa Global Organization)</li> <li>Inference for Counts: Chi-Square Tests (SAC Capital)</li> </ol> <h3>PART V: MODELS FOR DECISION MAKING</h3> <ol start="16"> <li>Inference for Regression (Nambé Mills)</li> <li>Understanding Residuals (Kellogg’s)</li> <li>Multiple Regression (Zillow.com)</li> <li>Building Multiple Regression Models (Bolliger and Mabillard)</li> <li>Time Series Analysis (Whole Foods Market^®)</li> </ol> <h3>PART VI: ANALYTICS</h3> <ol start="21"> <li>Introduction to Big Data and Data Mining (Paralyzed Veterans of America)</li> </ol> <h3>PART VII: ONLINE TOPICS</h3> <ol start="22"> <li>Quality Control (Sony)</li> <li>Nonparametric Methods (i4cp)</li> <li>Decision Making and Risk (Data Description, Inc.)</li> <li>Analysis of Experiments and Observational Studies</li> </ol> <h3>Appendix A. Answers</h3> <h3>Appendix B. Tables and Selected Formulas</h3> <h3>Appendix C. Credits</h3> </div>