Taylor, Sonia.

Business statistics for non-mathematicians / Sonia Taylor. - 2nd ed. - Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. - xvi, 368 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Originally published: Business statistics. 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 361) and index.

Introduction to statistics -- Graphical representation of data -- Numerical summary of data -- Probability -- Normal distribution -- Estimation -- Hypothesis testing -- Analysis of variance -- Correlation and regression -- Contingency tables and chi-square test -- Index numbers -- Time series -- Forecasting -- Computer analysis.

A student-friendly book written to encourage first year business students to understand (and enjoy) their first experience of statistics. Each topic is well illustrated, with worked examples, tutorial sheets, supplementary exercises, and computer worksheets in SPSS, Minitab and Excel--all with answers provided. An extensive Companion Website complements the book with additional learning tools. Examples are based on real world scenarios to create a relevant, problem-based approach covering the practical and theoretical.--From publisher description.

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