Data Analysis and Decision Making, 4 edition

Book Description DATA ANALYSIS AND DECISION MAKING is a teach-by-example approach, learner-friendly writing style, and complete Excel integration focusing on data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use in statistics and management science. The Premium Online Content Website (accessed by a unique code with every new book) includes links to the following add-ins: the Palisade Decision Tools Suite (@RISK, StatTools, PrecisionTree, TopRank, RISKOptimizer, NeuralTools, and Evolver); and SolverTable, allowing users to do sensitivity analysis. All of the add-ins is revised for Excel 2007 and notes about Excel 2010 are added where applicable.
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Content

Part 1 - Exploring Data
Chapter 2: Describing the Distribution of a Single Variable
Chapter 3: Finding Relationships among Variables

Part 2 - Probability and Decision Making under Uncertainty
Chapter 4: Probability and Probability Distributions
Chapter 5: Normal, Binomial, Poisson, and Exponential Distributions
Chapter 6: Decision Making under Uncertainty

Part 3 - Statistical Inference
Chapter 7: Sampling and Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8: Confidence Interval Estimation
Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing

Part 4 - Regression Analysis and Time Series Forecasting
Chapter 10: Regression Analysis: Estimating Relationships
Chapter 11: Regression Analysis: Statistical Inference
Chapter 12: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

Part 5 - Optimization and Simulation Modeling
Chapter 13: Introduction to Optimization Modeling
Chapter 14: Optimization Models
Chapter 15: Introduction to Simulation Modeling
Chapter 16: Simulation Models