| Description |
1 online resource (498 pages) |
|
text file |
| 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. |
|
Two-Sample Tests; Looking for Relationships Again; A Difference in Population Proportions; A Difference in Population Means; A Difference in Means: σs Known; A Difference in Means: σs Unknown but Equal; A Difference in Means: σs Unknown and Unequal; A Difference in Means: Using Paired Data; A Final Word on Two-Sample Tests Tests of Hypotheses: Contingency and Goodness-of-Fit; A Difference in Proportions: An Alternate Approach; Contingency Tables with Several Rows and/or Columns; A Final Word on Contingency Tables; Testing for Goodness-of-Fit; A Final Example on Testing for Goodness-of-Fit Tests of Hypotheses: ANOVA and Tests of Variances; A Difference in Means: An Alternate Approach; ANOVA with Several Categories; A Final Word on ANOVA; A Difference in Population Variances Simple Regression and Correlation; The Population Regression Line; The Sample Regression. |
|
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. |
| Summary |
While there are numerous texts on the market with the same goal, this text takes a practical and effective approach to engaging students with a topic that, as the author notes, they are most likely not that interested in learning. The text accomplishes this goal quite well. ... It is written in a very straightforward and understandable manner that fits its intended audience quite well. ... Given that there are dozens of introductory statistics texts on the market. it has become exceedingly difficult to create one that can be truly differentiated from the rest. However, in this case, the author app. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Commercial statistics.
|
|
Commercial statistics. |
|
Economics -- Statistical methods.
|
|
Economics -- Statistical methods. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Leekley, Robert M. Applied Statistics for Business and Economics. Hoboken : CRC Press, ©2010 9781439805688 |
| ISBN |
9781439882818 |
|
1439882819 |
|
