Title: Statistics for Economics, Accounting and Business Studies
Author: Michael Barrow
Length: 520 pages
Edition: New edition
Language: English
Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
Publication Date: 2017-02-03
ISBN-10: 1292118709
ISBN-13: 9781292118703

Book Description

Do you need to brush up on your statistical skills to truly excel in your economics or business course? If you want to increase your confidence in statistics then this is the perfect book for you. The 7th edition of Statistics for Economics, Accounting and Business Studies continues to present a user-friendly and concise introduction to a variety of statistical tools and techniques. Throughout the text, the author demonstrates how and why these techniques can be used to solve real-life problems, highlighting common mistakes and assuming no prior knowledge of the subject.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Descriptive statistics
Chapter 2 Probability
Chapter 3 Probability distributions
Chapter 4 Estimation and confidence intervals
Chapter 5 Hypothesis testing
Chapter 6 The X2 and F distributions
Chapter 7 Correlation and regression
Chapter 8 Multiple regression
Chapter 9 Data collection and sampling methods
Chapter 10 Index numbers
Chapter 11 Seasonal adjustment of time-series data