"Discover how statistics and business go hand in hand; Grasp core principles and methods of business statistics; Learn how to use the TI-84 plus calculator"--Cover. Includes index.
Contents:
Getting started with business statistics. The art and science of business statistics ; Pictures tell the story: graphical representations of data ; Identifying the center of a data set ; Measuring variation in a data set ; Measuring how data sets are related to each other -- Probability theory and probability distributions. Probability theory: measuring the likelihood of events ; Probability distributions and random variables ; The binomial and poisson distributions ; The normal distribution: so many possibilities! ; Sampling techniques and distributions -- Drawing conclusions from samples. Confidence intervals and the student's t-distribution ; Testing hypotheses about the population mean ; Applications of the chi-square distribution ; Applications of the f-distribution -- More advanced techniques: regression analysis and spreadsheet modeling. Simple regression analysis ; Key statistical techniques in Excel -- The part of tens. Ten common errors that arise in statistical analysis ; (Almost) ten key categories of formulas for business statistics.
Summary:
Shows how statistical ideas, techniques, formulas, and calculations apply to the world of global business and economics. You'll get an introduction on sampling and graphs, and discover how statistics are used in daily life.
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