Title on CD-ROM: StatPro and Decision Tools, Standard Suite Student Version updated for Jan 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Excel versus Stand-alone Statistical Software -- Case Study: Entertainment on a Cruise Ship -- Describing Data: Graphs and Tables -- Frequency Tables and Histograms -- Analyzing Relationships with Scatterplots -- Time Series Plots -- Exploring Data with Pivot Tables -- Pivot Table Changes in Excel 2000 -- Case Study: Customer Arrivals at Bank98 -- Case Study: Automobile Production and Purchases -- Case Study: Saving, Spending, and Social Climbing -- Describing Data: Summary Measures -- Measures of Central Location -- Quartiles and Percentiles -- Minimum, Maximum, and Range -- Measures of Variability: Variance and Standard Deviation -- Obtaining Summary Measures with Add-Ins -- Measures of Association: Covariance and Correlation -- Describing Data Sets with Boxplots -- Applying the Tools -- Case Study: The Dow-Jones Averages -- Case Study: Other Market Indexes -- Getting the Right Data in Excel -- Cleaning the Data -- Using Excel's AutoFilter -- Complex Queries with the Advanced Filter -- Importing External Data from Access -- Creating Pivot Tables from External Data -- Web Queries -- Case Study: EduToys, Inc. -- Probability and Probability Distributions -- Probability Essentials -- Distribution of a Single Random Variable -- An Introduction to Simulation -- Subjective Versus Objective Probabilities -- Derived Probability Distributions -- Distribution of Two Random Variables: Scenario Approach -- Distribution of Two Random Variables: Joint Probability Approach -- Independent Random Variables -- Weighted Sums of Random Variables -- Case Study: Simpson's Paradox -- Normal, Binomial, and Poisson Distributions -- The Normal Distribution -- Applications of the Normal Distribution -- The Binomial Distribution -- Applications of the Binomial Distribution -- The Poisson Distribution -- Fitting a Probability Distribution to Data: BestFit -- Case Study: EuroWatch Company -- Case Study: Cashing in on the Lottery -- Decision Making Under Uncertainty -- Elements of a Decision Analysis -- The PrecisionTree Add-In -- Introduction to Influence Diagrams -- More Single-Stage Examples -- Multistage Decision Problems -- Bayes' Rule -- Incorporating Attitudes Toward Risk -- Case Study: Jogger Shoe Company -- Case Study: Westhouser Paper Company -- Sampling and Sampling Distributions -- Methods for Selecting Random Samples -- An Introduction to Estimation -- Case Study: Sampling from Videocassette Renters -- Confidence Interval Estimation -- Sampling Distributions -- Confidence Interval for a Mean -- Confidence Interval for a Total -- Confidence Interval for a Proportion -- Confidence Interval for a Standard Deviation -- Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Means -- Confidence Interval for the Difference Between Proportions -- Controlling Confidence Interval Length -- Case Study: Harrigan University Admissions -- Case Study: Employee Retention at D & Y -- Case Study: Delivery Times at SnowPea Restaurant -- Case Study: The Bodfish Lot Cruise -- Hypothesis Testing -- Concepts in Hypothesis Testing -- Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean -- Hypothesis Tests for Other Parameters -- Tests for Normality -- Chi-Square Test for Independence -- Case Study: Regression Toward the Mean -- Case Study: Baseball Statistics -- Case Study: The Wichita Anti-Drunk Driving Advertising Campaign -- Statistical Process Control -- Deming's 14 Points -- Basic Ideas Behind Control Charts -- Control Charts for Variables -- Control Charts for Attributes -- Process Capability -- Case Study: The Lamination Process at Intergalactica -- Case Study: Paper Production for Fornax at the Pluto Mill -- Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design -- One-Way ANOVA -- The Multiple Comparison Problem -- Two-Way ANOVA -- More About Experimental Design -- Case Study: Krentz Appraisal Services -- Regression Analysis: Estimating Relationships -- Scatterplots: Graphing Relationships -- Correlations: Indicators of Linear Relationships -- Simple Linear Regression -- Multiple Regression -- Modeling Possibilities -- Validation of the Fit -- Case Study: Quantity Discounts at the FirmChair Company -- Case Study: Housing Price Structure in MidCity -- Case Study: Demand for French Bread at Howie's -- Case Study: Investing for Retirement -- Regression Analysis: Statistical Inference -- The Statistical Model -- Inferences About the Regression Coefficients -- Multicollinearity -- Include/Exclude Decisions -- Stepwise Regression -- A Test for the Overall Fit: The ANOVA Table -- The Partial F Test -- Outliers -- Violations of Regression Assumptions -- Prediction -- Case Study: The Artsy Corporation -- Case Study: Heating Oil at Dupree Fuels Company -- Case Study: Developing a Flexible Budget at the Gunderson Plant -- Case Study: Forecasting Overhead at Wagner Printers -- Discriminant Analysis and Logistic Regression -- Discriminant Analysis -- Logistic Regression -- Choosing Between the Two Methods -- Case Study: Understanding Cereal Brand Preferences -- Time Series Analysis and Forecasting -- Forecasting Methods: An Overview -- Random Series -- The Random Walk Model -- Autoregression Models -- Regression-Based Trend Models -- Moving Averages -- Exponential Smoothing -- Deseasonalizing: The Ratio-to-Moving-Averages Method -- Estimating Seasonality with Regression -- Econometric Models -- Case Study: Arrivals at the Credit Union -- Case Study: Forecasting Weekly Sales at Amanta -- Statistical Reporting -- Suggestions for Good Statistical Report Writing -- Examples of Statistical Reports.