Statistics, Data Analysis, and Decision Modeling, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2013

  • James R. Evans University of Cincinnati
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Statistics, Data Analysis, and Decision Modeling presents statistics, data analysis and decision modeling in a simple and straightforward fashion. This approach focuses on the practical understanding of statistics, data analysis and decision modeling, allowing you to develop conceptual insight on fundamental techniques and theories.

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Table of contents

Brief Contents

PART I: STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS

  • Chapter 1 Data and Business Decisions
  • Chapter 2 Displaying and Summarizing Data
  • Chapter 3 Probability Distributions and Applications
  • Chapter 4 Sampling and Estimation
  • Chapter 5 Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Inference
  • Chapter 6 Regression Analysis
  • Chapter 7 Forecasting
  • Chapter 8 Statistical Quality Control

PART II: DECISION MODELING AND ANALYSIS

  • Chapter 9 Building and Using Decision Models
  • Chapter 10 Risk Analysis and Monte Carlo Simulation
  • Chapter 11 Decisions, Uncertainty, and Risk
  • Chapter 12 Queues and Process Simulation Modeling
  • Chapter 13 Linear Optimization
  • Chapter 14 Integer and Nonlinear Optimization

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