Practical Business Statistics or Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States

Practical Business Statistics

Author: Andrew F Siegel

Practical Business Statistics, 5/e was written in response to instructors not wanting a formula driven, mathematically encyclopedic book. The use of computer applications means some topics no longer require coverage in detail. This allows future managers to know how to use and understand statistics. The text does this by using examples with real data that relate to the functional areas of business such as finance, accounting, and marketing. It de-emphasizes the theoretical, and presents the material in a well-written, easy style designed to motivate students. The emphasis is on understanding and applications as opposed to mathematical precision and formula detail.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction Defining the Role of Statistics in Business
2. Data Structures Classifying the Various Types of Data Sets
3. Histograms Looking at the Distribution of the Data
4. Landmark Summaries Interpreting Typical Values and Percentiles
5. Variability Dealing with Diversity
6. Probability Understanding Random Situations
7. Random Variables Working with Uncertain Numbers
8. Random Sampling Planning Ahead for Data Gathering
9. Confidence Intervals Admitting that Estimates Are Not Exact
10. Hypothesis Testing Deciding between Reality and Coincidence
11. Correlation and Regression Measuring and Predicting Relationships
12. Multiple Regression Predicting One Factor from Several Others
13. Report Writing Communicating the Results of a Multiple Regression
14. Time Series Understanding Changes over Time
15. ANOVA Testing for Differences among Many Samples, and Much More
16. Nonparametrics Testing with Ordinal Data or Nonnormal Distributions
17. Chi-Squared Analysis Testing for Patterns in Qualitative Data
18. Quality Control Recognizing and Managing Variation
Appendix A: Employee Database
Appendix B: Self Test: Solutions to Selected Problems and Database Exercises
Appendix C: Statistical Tables
Appendix D: StatPad--Quick Reference Guide

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Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States

Author: Dennis F Thompson

This volume, the fourth to result from a remarkably productive collaboration between the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, presents a selection of thirteen high-caliber papers addressing issues in the employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit, and pension policies of the United States and Japan.
After an opening chapter assessing the recent ascendance of the U.S. economy, papers diverge to tackle a range of specific issues. Focusing less on international comparison than on the assembly of high-quality research, contributors hone in on a variety of individual topics. Chapters delve into issues of youth employment, participatory employment, information sharing, fringe benefits, and drug coverage in Japan, as well as the dynamics of medical savings accounts, private insurance coverage, and benefit options in the U.S.
Like previous volumes stemming from NBER/JCER collaboration, this book represents a valuable mass of empirical data on some of the most notable employment and benefits issues in each nation, information that will both anchor and provoke scholarly analysis of these topics well into the future.