Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

R

• RAND function, 469

• Random arrivals, 430, 440

• Random (R) component, of time-series, 150

• Random errors, 113

• Random numbers, 464, 469, 474, 479, 480, 484

  • generating, 465–466

  • generating in Excel, 471

• Random variables, 30–31, 32, 33, 40

• Random variations, 154, 167

• Range charts, 536–537

• Ranking goals with priority levels, 371

• Raw data, 2

• Raw materials, 187, 269

• Ray Design, Inc., 332–334

• R-charts, 532, 535, 537

• Receipt of inventory, 189

• Recovery, 5

• Red Top Cab Company c-chart example, 540–541

• Redundancy, 261, 262–263

• Regression

  • calculations in formulas, 145–146

  • cautions and pitfall, 134–135

  • coefficients of, 119

  • computer software, 122–126

  • least squares, 113, 163

  • measuring fit of, 114–117

  • multiple regression model, 126–129

  • nonlinear, 131–134