Statistical Methods For Managerial Decisions

1. Introduction to Probability Distributions: The Double E Case. 2. Hypothesis Testing: The Consumer Packaging Case. 3. Introduction to Regression: The Autorama Case. 4. Using Regression: The CAPM and Newspaper Cases. Case Insert 1 The Refrigerator Pricing Case: Introduction to MultipleRegression. 5. Dummy and Slope-Dummy Variables: The California Strawberriesand CEO Seek Cases. 6. Graphical Analysis, Non-Linear Regression and SpuriousCorrelation: The Forestier Wine Case, Snowfall and Unemployment. 7. Multiple Regression, Multicollinearity and the Generalized F-test:TheHot Dog Case. Case Insert 2 Colonial Broadcasting: Multiple Regression and OmittedVariable Bias. 8. Non-Linear Regression, Logarithms and Heteroskedasticity: AnAdvertising Example, The Hot Dog Case Revisited. 9. Time and Seasonality in Multiple Regression: The Dada Soda andHarmon Foods Cases. Case Insert 3 Nopane Advertising Case: Multiple Regression andInteraction Variables. Case Insert 4 The Wrigley Case: Multiple Regression and Modeling. Appendices. A Kstat Mini-Manual. Prediction Intervals. Correlation Review. Simple Properties Of Logarithms.