Business statistics /
Anderson, Alan
Business statistics / by Alan Anderson - xiii, 378 pages: illustrations; 24 cm
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Business Statistics 5 Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Business Statistics 7 Chapter 2: Pictures Tell the Story: Graphical Representations of Data 21 Chapter 3: Identifying the Center of a Data Set 35 Chapter 4: Measuring Variation in a Data Set 53 Chapter 5: Measuring How Data Sets Are Related to Each Other 71 Part 2: Probability Theory and Probability Distributions 95 Chapter 6: Probability Theory: Measuring the Likelihood of Events 97 Chapter 7: Probability Distributions and Random Variables 115 Chapter 8: The Binomial and Poisson Distributions 127 Chapter 9: The Normal Distribution: So Many Possibilities! 145 Chapter 10: Sampling Techniques and Distributions 165 Part 3: Drawing Conclusions from Samples 185 Chapter 11: Confidence Intervals and the Student’s t-Distribution 187 Chapter 12: Testing Hypotheses about the Population Mean 205 Chapter 13: Applications of the Chi-Square Distribution 245 Chapter 14: Applications of the F-Distribution 273 Part 4: More Advanced Techniques: Regression Analysis and Spreadsheet Modeling 287 Chapter 15: Simple Regression Analysis 289 Chapter 16: Key Statistical Techniques in Excel 317 Part 5: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 17: Ten Common Errors That Arise in Statistical Analysis 345 Chapter 18: (Almost) Ten Key Categories of Formulas for Business Statistics 353 Index 363
Introductory handbook showing how statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations apply to global business and economics. Covers sampling, graphs, and practical applications of statistics in daily life. Part of the “For Dummies” series, designed for accessible learning.
9781394219926 139421992X
Business statistics;
Quantitative methods
Economics
Sampling
Data analysis
HF 1017 / A53 2024
Business statistics / by Alan Anderson - xiii, 378 pages: illustrations; 24 cm
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with Business Statistics 5 Chapter 1: The Art and Science of Business Statistics 7 Chapter 2: Pictures Tell the Story: Graphical Representations of Data 21 Chapter 3: Identifying the Center of a Data Set 35 Chapter 4: Measuring Variation in a Data Set 53 Chapter 5: Measuring How Data Sets Are Related to Each Other 71 Part 2: Probability Theory and Probability Distributions 95 Chapter 6: Probability Theory: Measuring the Likelihood of Events 97 Chapter 7: Probability Distributions and Random Variables 115 Chapter 8: The Binomial and Poisson Distributions 127 Chapter 9: The Normal Distribution: So Many Possibilities! 145 Chapter 10: Sampling Techniques and Distributions 165 Part 3: Drawing Conclusions from Samples 185 Chapter 11: Confidence Intervals and the Student’s t-Distribution 187 Chapter 12: Testing Hypotheses about the Population Mean 205 Chapter 13: Applications of the Chi-Square Distribution 245 Chapter 14: Applications of the F-Distribution 273 Part 4: More Advanced Techniques: Regression Analysis and Spreadsheet Modeling 287 Chapter 15: Simple Regression Analysis 289 Chapter 16: Key Statistical Techniques in Excel 317 Part 5: The Part of Tens 343 Chapter 17: Ten Common Errors That Arise in Statistical Analysis 345 Chapter 18: (Almost) Ten Key Categories of Formulas for Business Statistics 353 Index 363
Introductory handbook showing how statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations apply to global business and economics. Covers sampling, graphs, and practical applications of statistics in daily life. Part of the “For Dummies” series, designed for accessible learning.
9781394219926 139421992X
Business statistics;
Quantitative methods
Economics
Sampling
Data analysis
HF 1017 / A53 2024