§ Statistics Introduction §

The major topic areas include Descriptive Graphs, Descriptive Measures, Discrete Probability, Continuous Probability, Hypothesis Testing, Confidence Intervals, Correlation and Regression.  But, not all the subtopics usually found for these topics in a business statistics course are presented here.

The topics should be covered in the order found below.  But, you may access any topic at any time.

In addition to the material available at this web site, you may use (optional) WebTutor linked to WebCT. WebTutor is an interactive web site specfically covering the contents of the Kvanli (statistics) textbook assigned in this course. There is a fee for using this web site ($15). Have a credit card ready and click here to signup for this feature.

Objectives:
These are the objectives for this module:

1. Study text material and on-line material to gain an beginning knowledge level in business statistics.

2. Work and do calculations for specific problems in each topic area.

3. Utilize Excel to solve problems in statistics.

4. Look at General Information web links below.

Topics

This module is divided into 8 topics. To complete this Module successfully, please complete the topics in the order shown below:

1. Descriptive Graphs
2. Descriptive Measures
3. Discrete Probability Distribution
4. Continuous Probability Distributions
5. Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals
6. Hypothesis Testing
7. Correlation Analysis
8. Regression Analysis

You should now:

Go on to Production Operation Management
or
Go back to Quantitative Methods in Planning

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