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Introductory business statistics

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    Author: Illowsky, Barbara; Dean, Susan; Holmes, Alexander
    Contributor: OpenStax College; BCcampus
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    2017
    Summary:

    "Introductory Business Statistics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. Core statistical concepts and skills have been augmented with practical business examples, scenarios, and exercises. The result is a meaningful understanding of the discipline, which will serve students in their business careers and real-world experiences"--BC Campus website.

    Contents:
    • Sampling and data
    • Descriptive statistics
    • Probability topics
    • Discrete random variables
    • Continuous random variables
    • The normal distribution
    • The central limit theorem
    • Confidence intervals
    • Hypothesis testing with two samples
    • The chi-square distribution
    • F distribution and one-way ANOVA
    • Linear regression and correlation
    • Statistical tables
    • Mathematical phrases, symbols, and formulas
    • Index
    Subject(s): Commercial statistics | Statistics | Textbooks
    Original Publisher: Houston, Texas, OpenStax College, Rice University
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781947172470, 1947172476
    Collection(s)/Series: BC Open Textbooks