Understanding Business Statistics
An Active-learning Approach
Published on 30. July 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-85805-024-9 (ISBN)
Description
Offering a thorough grounding in the appropriate mathematical and statistical techniques, this book is for students of business, management and professional (intermediate) courses. Case problems within an overall scenario are followed by tasks and mini-assignments involving the appropriate practice and theory. The final section of the book gives opportunities to create the evidence for demonstrating competence, NVQ4 (MI).
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Adult education
Illustrations
tabs.ch.
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 215 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-85805-024-9 (9781858050249)
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Content
Part 1 Scenarios and related tasks based around the scenario of a college leaver who has joined the company as a management trainee. Part 2 The information bank: uses of data; collection of data; frequency distributions and tabulations; graphical presentation of data; statistical presentation of data; frequency curves; cumulative frequency; measures of dispersion; time series; correlation and regression; chi square; index numbers; probability; appendices; random sampling numbers; normal distribution tables; critical values of chi square. Part 3 Practice and development of skills and knowledge: further tasks and work-based assignments.