Full Description
This textbook introduces readers to practical statistical
issues by presenting them within the context of real-life economics and
business situations. It presents the subject in a non-threatening manner, with
an emphasis on concise, easily understandable explanations. It has been
designed to be accessible and student-friendly and, as an added learning
feature, provides all the relevant data required to complete the accompanying
exercises and computing problems, which are presented at the end of each
chapter. It also discusses index numbers and inequality indices in detail,
since these are of particular importance to students and commonly omitted in
textbooks.
Throughout the text it is assumed that the student has no
prior knowledge of statistics. It is aimed primarily at business and economics
undergraduates, providing them with the basic statistical skills necessary for
further study of their subject. However, students of other disciplines will
also find it relevant.
Contents
Introduction.-
1.Collecting Data.- 2.Data presentation:
Graphs, Frequency Tables and Histograms.- 3.Measures of Location.- 4.Measures
of Dispersion.- 5.Index Numbers.- 6.Inequality Indices.- 7.Probability Theory.-
8.Probability Distributions.- 9.Estimation and Confidence Intervals.- 10.Hypothesis
Testing.- 11.The χ2,
F-Distributions and the ANOVA.- 12.Correlation.- 13.Simple Regression. Chapter
14.Multiple Regression.- 15.The Analysis of Time Series.- Appendix.
