Author: Patrick W. Shannon Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 696
Book Description
This book presents core topics in descriptive and inferential statistics with a rich assortment of business examples and real data, and an emphasis on decision-making. It contains a narrative writing style-and the captivating examples and applications, and rich data sets are woven right into the narrative. The examples are interesting, realistic and drawn from all areas of business and life. There is significant emphasis on using statistical software as a tool, with most examples presented in a spreadsheet environment using Excel and Minitab. Every topic is introduced in the context of a real business application complete with real data, from small and large data sets.
Author: James T. McClave Publisher: ISBN: 9781292023663 Category : Statistics Languages : en Pages : 598
Book Description
Classic, yet contemporary. Theoretical, yet applied. McClave & Sincich's Statistics: A First Course in Statistics gives you the best of both worlds. This text offers a trusted, comprehensive introduction to statistics that emphasizes inference and integrates real data throughout. The authors stress the development of statistical thinking, the assessment of credibility, and value of the inferences made from data. The Eleventh Edition infuses a new focus on ethics, which is critically important when working with statistical data. Chapter Summaries have a new, study-oriented design, helping students stay focused when preparing for exams. Data, exercises, technology support, and Statistics in Action cases are updated throughout the book.
Author: Walter A. Rosenkrantz Publisher: CRC Press ISBN: 158488813X Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 680
Book Description
Integrating interesting and widely used concepts of financial engineering into traditional statistics courses, Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Science, Engineering, and Finance illustrates the role and scope of statistics and probability in various fields. The text first introduces the basics needed to understand and create
Author: Tilman M. Davies Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN: 1593276516 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 833
Book Description
The Book of R is a comprehensive, beginner-friendly guide to R, the world’s most popular programming language for statistical analysis. Even if you have no programming experience and little more than a grounding in the basics of mathematics, you’ll find everything you need to begin using R effectively for statistical analysis. You’ll start with the basics, like how to handle data and write simple programs, before moving on to more advanced topics, like producing statistical summaries of your data and performing statistical tests and modeling. You’ll even learn how to create impressive data visualizations with R’s basic graphics tools and contributed packages, like ggplot2 and ggvis, as well as interactive 3D visualizations using the rgl package. Dozens of hands-on exercises (with downloadable solutions) take you from theory to practice, as you learn: –The fundamentals of programming in R, including how to write data frames, create functions, and use variables, statements, and loops –Statistical concepts like exploratory data analysis, probabilities, hypothesis tests, and regression modeling, and how to execute them in R –How to access R’s thousands of functions, libraries, and data sets –How to draw valid and useful conclusions from your data –How to create publication-quality graphics of your results Combining detailed explanations with real-world examples and exercises, this book will provide you with a solid understanding of both statistics and the depth of R’s functionality. Make The Book of R your doorway into the growing world of data analysis.
Author: Myra L. Samuels Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 712
Book Description
Disk contains: Statistical data files saved by chapter for exercises in text. Files are saved in Minitab (.mtp) and ASCII (.txt) formats.
Author: Bruce L. Bowerman Publisher: Irwin/McGraw-Hill ISBN: 9780071214407 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 644
Book Description
The First Edition of "Essentials of Business Statistics" delivers clear and understandable explanations of essential business statistics concepts through the use of case studies and examples. Along with the text, this edition offers a wide range of supplements that bring greater clarity to the text's concepts while also giving you the flexibility of additional coursework. -- From publisher's description.
Author: Gary W. Oehlert Publisher: W. H. Freeman ISBN: 9780716735106 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 600
Book Description
Oehlert's text is suitable for either a service course for non-statistics graduate students or for statistics majors. Unlike most texts for the one-term grad/upper level course on experimental design, Oehlert's new book offers a superb balance of both analysis and design, presenting three practical themes to students: • when to use various designs • how to analyze the results • how to recognize various design options Also, unlike other older texts, the book is fully oriented toward the use of statistical software in analyzing experiments.
Author: Patrick W. Shannon
Author: James T. McClave
Author: Walter A. Rosenkrantz
Author: James T. McClave
Author: Tilman M. Davies
Author: Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A., Mehdi
Author: Robert B. McCall
Author: Myra L. Samuels
Author: Bruce L. Bowerman
Author: Gary W. Oehlert