Description Data Analysis, Opyimization, And Simulation Modeling, 4e, emphasizes data analysis, modeling, and spreadsheet use in statistics and management science. Professional Excel software add-ins are included, making this text a market leader in its first edition for its clarity of writing, a teach-by-example approach, and complete Excel integration. This edition is compatible with Excel 2007 and the corresponding add-ins for Excel 2007. Updates regarding Excel 2010 are included where applicabl
Table of Contents Preface 1. Introduction to Data Analysis and Decision Making. PART I: EXPLORING DATA. 2. Describing the Distribution of a Single Variable. 3. Finding Relationships Among Variables. PART II: PROBABILITY AND DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY 4. Probability and Probability Distributions. 5. Normal, Binomial, Poisson, and Exponential Distributions. 6. Decision Making Under Uncertainty. PART III: STATISTICAL INFERENCE. 7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions. 8. Confidence Interval Estimation. 9. Hypothesis Testing. PART IV: REGRESSION ANALYSIS AND TIME SERIES FORECASTING. 10. Regression Analysis: Estimating Relationships. 11. Regression Analysis: Statistical Inference. 12. Time Series Analysis and Forecasting. PART V: OPTIMIZATION AND SIMULATION MODELING. 13. Introduction to Optimization Modeling. 14. Optimization Models. 15. Introduction to Simulation Modeling. 16. Simulation Models. PART VI: BONUS ONLINE MATERIAL 2 Using the Advanced Filter and Database Functions. 17. Importing Data into Excel.