A step-by-step introduction to statistics for business (Record no. 34732)
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| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 2018954720 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781473948112 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 658.4033 LA ST |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Authors | Landers, Richard N. |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A step-by-step introduction to statistics for business |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Richard N. Landers |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Publisher | SAGE, |
| Date | c2019. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxviii, 462 p. : |
| Other Details | col. ill. ; |
| Size | 24 cm. |
| GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | With video guides to SPSS & EXCEL |
| CONTENTS | |
| Contents | Part 1 -- Descriptive Statistics -- 1 The Language of Statistics -- 2 Working with Numbers and Data Display -- 3 Central Tendency and Variability -- 4 Probability Distributions -- 5 Sampling Distributions -- Part 2 -- Inferential Statistics -- 6 Estimation and Confidence Intervals -- 7 Hypothesis Testing -- 8 z-Tests and One-Sample t-Tests -- 9 Paired-and Independent-Samples t-Test -- 10 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) -- 11 Chi-Squared Tests of Fit -- 12 Correlation and Regression -- Part 3 -- Wrap-Up -- 13 Matching Statistical Tests to Business Problems. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | The essential introduction to statistics for business and economics students, this book will equip you with the knowledge and skills required to succeed in your studies and use statistics in your workplace. In a clear and engaging way, Richard Landers guides the reader through the vital role statistics play in the business decision-making process and carefully explains and demonstrates how they are applied in practice. The book covers everything from collecting data to summarising your findings and presenting them. It also revisits all the basic maths skills required to work with data and statistics effectively, with step-by-step screenshot illustrations in both Excel and SPSS. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Commercial statistics |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| -- | 22134 |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| -- | 421 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 2019-02-20 | MERIC | 658.4033 LA ST | T0060785 | 2018-10-30 | 2018-10-30 | REGULAR | Feb2019 |