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Table of Contents:
1 Introduction 2 Tools of the Trade 3 Presenting Management Information 4 Management Statistics 5 Probability and Probability Distributions 6 Decision Making Under Uncertainty 7 Market Research and Statistical Inference 8 Quality Control and Quality Management 9 Forecasting I: Moving Averages and Time Series 10 Forecasting II: Regression 11 Linear Programming 12 Stock Control 13 Project Management 14 Simulation 15 Financial Decision Making A Binomial Distribution B Areas in the Tail of the Normal Distribution C Areas in the Tail of the t Distribution D Areas in the Tail of the x2 Distribution E Areas in the Tail of the F Distribution, 0.05 Level F Solutions to Progress Check Questions