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A step-by-step introduction to statistics for business Richard N Landers

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Angeles Sage 2019Edition: SecondDescription: 462 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781473948112 (pbk.)
  • 9781473948105 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF1017 LAN
Contents:
Prologue: review of essential mathematics -- Part 1: Descriptive statistics. The language of statistics -- Working with numbers and data display -- Central tendency and variability -- Probability distributions -- Sampling distributions -- Part 2: Inferential statistics. Estimation and confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing -- z-Tests and one-sample t-tests -- Paired- and independent-samples t-tests -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Chi-squared tests of fit -- Correlation and regression -- Part 3: Wrap-up. Matching statistical tests to business problems
Summary: "This book will help to equip business students with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in their studies and confidently use statistics in the workplace."--Publisher's description A clear and concise introduction to statistics for business and management students, demonstrating how important statistics are in the business decision-making process and covering everything from conducting a survey and collecting data, to summarizing statistical data, and presenting findings.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Harare Campus Library Open Shelf HF1017 LAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 148468 Available BK135091

Includes index.

Prologue: review of essential mathematics -- Part 1: Descriptive statistics. The language of statistics -- Working with numbers and data display -- Central tendency and variability -- Probability distributions -- Sampling distributions -- Part 2: Inferential statistics. Estimation and confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing -- z-Tests and one-sample t-tests -- Paired- and independent-samples t-tests -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Chi-squared tests of fit -- Correlation and regression -- Part 3: Wrap-up. Matching statistical tests to business problems

"This book will help to equip business students with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in their studies and confidently use statistics in the workplace."--Publisher's description A clear and concise introduction to statistics for business and management students, demonstrating how important statistics are in the business decision-making process and covering everything from conducting a survey and collecting data, to summarizing statistical data, and presenting findings.

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