Applied statistics for business and economics / by Robert M. Leekley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leekley, Robert M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commercial statistics.

Economics--Statistical methods.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Designed for a one-semester course, Applied Statistics for Business and Economics offers students in business and the social sciences an effective introduction to some of the most basic and powerful techniques available for understanding their world. Numerous interesting and important examples reflect real-life situations, stimulating students to think realistically in tackling these problems. Calculations can be performed using any standard spreadsheet package. To help with the examples, the author offers both actual and hypothetical databases on his website.

Contents:

Front cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1. Introduction toStatistics; Chapter 2. Describing Data: Tables and Graphs; Chapter 3. Describing Data: Summary Statistics; Chapter 4. Basic Probability; Chapter 5. Probability Distributions; Chapter 6. Sampling and Sampling Distributions; Chapter 7. Estimation and Confidence Intervals; Chapter 8. Tests of Hypotheses: One-Sample Tests; Chapter 9. Tests of Hypotheses: Two-Sample Tests; Chapter 10. Tests of Hypotheses: Contingency and Goodness-of-Fit; Chapter 11. Tests of Hypotheses: ANOVA and Tests of Variances

Chapter 12. Simple Regression and CorrelationChapter 13. Multiple Regression; Chapter 14. Time-Series Analysis; Appendix A; Appendix B: Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises; Appendix C; Index; Back cover

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781040075418

104007541X

9780429184833

0429184832

9781439882818

1439882819

OCLC:

908079447