Statistics for economics and management /

Keller, Gerald

Statistics for economics and management / Gerald Keller - Andover, Mass. : Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd, c2012 - 1057 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes index.

What is statistics? -- Graphical descriptive techniques I -- Graphical descriptive techniques II -- Numerical descriptive techniques -- Data collection and sampling -- Probability -- Random variables and discrete probability distributions -- Continuous probability distributions -- Sampling distributions -- Introduction to estimation -- Introduction to hypothesis testing -- Inference about a population -- Inference about comparing two populations -- Analysis of variance -- Chi-squared tests -- Simple linear regression and correlation -- Multiple regression -- Model building -- Nonparametric statistics -- Time-series analysis and forecasting -- Statistical process control -- Decision analysis -- Conclusion

Business are increasingly using statistical techniques to convert data into information.

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ECONOMICS -- STATISTICAL METHODS

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