This book provides a set of case studies that can supplement any business statistics text. Developed at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, it is used for the beginning statistics course for MBA students. The casebook provides the latest in data analysis techniques, and includes a discussion of JMP and Minitab commands.

This book introduces business students to modern techniques of data analysis, and provides them with the commands necessary to analyze data in the statistical packages JMP and Minitab.

Unique approach encourages the use of statistics to answer important business questions Includes commands necessary to analyze data in the statistical packages JMP and Minitab Large workbook format and numerous illustrations make the books easy-to-use Case studies are used to develop a single key idea in statistics and to illustrate its relevance in today's business environment Written by well-known statisticians from the prestigious Wharton School of Business

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Class 1. Overview and Foundations.- Class 2. Statistical Summaries of Data.- Gmat Scores.- Returns on General Motors Stock.- Skewness in Executive Compensation.- Class 3. Sources of Variation.- Variation by Industry in Executive Compensation.- Patterns in Early International Airline Passenger Data.- Monitoring an Automotive Manufacturing Process.- Class 4. Standard Error.- Control Charts for Motor Shafts.- Control Chart Analysis of Car Trunk Seam Variation.- Analysis of Production of Computer Chips.- Class 5. Confidence Intervals.- Interval Estimates of the Process Mean (Continued).- Purchases of Consumer Goods.- Class 6. Sampling.- Internet use Surveys.- Hotel Satisfaction Survey.- Class 7. Making Decisions.- Selecting a Painting Process.- Effects of Reengineering a Food Processing Line.- Analysis of Time for Service Calls.- Class 8. Designing Tests for Better Comparisons.- Taste-Test Comparison of Teas.- Pharmaceutical Sales Force Comparison.- Class 9. Confounding Effects in Tests: A Case Study.- Wage Discrimination.- Class 10. Covariance, Correlation, and Portfolios.- Stocks, Portfolios, and the Efficient Frontier.- Class 11. A Preview of Regression.- Performance of Mutual Funds.- Assignments.- Appendix: Use with Minitab.