Business applications of multiple regression / Ronny Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Ronny., author.

Series:

Quantitative approaches to decision making collection. 2163-9582

Quantitative approaches to decision making collection, 2163-9582

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regression analysis.

Commercial statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2015.

Summary:

This book describes the use of the statistical procedure called multiple regression in business situations, including forecasting and understanding the relationships between variables. The book assumes a basic understanding of statistics but reviews correlation analysis and simple regression to prepare the reader to understand and use multiple regression. The techniques described in the book are illustrated using both Microsoft Excel and a professional statistical program. Along the way, several real-world data sets are analyzed in detail to better prepare the reader for working with actual data in a business environment. This book will be a useful guide to managers at all levels who need to understand and make decisions based on data analysis performed using multiple regression. It also provides the beginning analyst with the detailed understanding required to use multiple regression to analyze data sets.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Correlation analysis

2. Simple regression

3. Multiple regression

4. Model building

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 26, 2015).

ISBN:

9781631570605

1631570609

OCLC:

900878653