Essential Business Statistics
Published on 3. May 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-0-273-64333-3 (ISBN)
Description
This text provides an introduction to business statistics for business studies students. Specifically designed to provide support and build confidence in students where teacher-student time is at a premium, the book details the calculation and interpretation of the basic but generic numerical techniques used in business.
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Content
Introduction.
1.Obtaining Data: Secondary Sources and Potential Errors.
2.Obtaining Data: Primary Sources and Survey Techniques.
3.Presenting Numerical Information: Charts and Tables.
4.Summarizing Data.
5.Index numbers.
6.Measures of Association Regression Analysis.
7.Time Series Analysis and Forecasting.
8.Probability.
9.Probability Distributions.
10.Estimation.
11.Testing Hypotheses.
12.Worked Examples.
References.
Appendices.
1.Mathematical Test and Related Instruction on Basic Mathematics.
2.Quick Reference Guide to Minitab Commands.
3.Quick Reference Guide to Lotus 1-2-3 Commands.
4.Significance of Rank (Spearman) Correlation Coefficient.
5.Chi-Squared Distribution.
6.T-Distribution.
7.Normal Distribution (Areas).
8.F-Distribution.
1.Obtaining Data: Secondary Sources and Potential Errors.
2.Obtaining Data: Primary Sources and Survey Techniques.
3.Presenting Numerical Information: Charts and Tables.
4.Summarizing Data.
5.Index numbers.
6.Measures of Association Regression Analysis.
7.Time Series Analysis and Forecasting.
8.Probability.
9.Probability Distributions.
10.Estimation.
11.Testing Hypotheses.
12.Worked Examples.
References.
Appendices.
1.Mathematical Test and Related Instruction on Basic Mathematics.
2.Quick Reference Guide to Minitab Commands.
3.Quick Reference Guide to Lotus 1-2-3 Commands.
4.Significance of Rank (Spearman) Correlation Coefficient.
5.Chi-Squared Distribution.
6.T-Distribution.
7.Normal Distribution (Areas).
8.F-Distribution.