Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
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Author: David Doane, Lori Seward Senior Instructor of Operations Management
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Applied Statistics in Business and Economics
Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 1SECh. 12.1 - Prob. 2SECh. 12.1 - Prob. 3SECh. 12.1 - Prob. 4SECh. 12.1 - Prob. 5SECh. 12.1 - Prob. 6SECh. 12.2 - (a) Interpret the slope of the fitted regression...Ch. 12.2 - (a) Interpret the slope of the fitted regression...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 9SECh. 12.2 - (a) Interpret the slope of the fitted regression...
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