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Essentials of Business Statistics https://www.mheducation.com/cover-images/Jpeg_400-high/1264098340.jpeg 3 2024 9781264098347 Essentials of Business Statistics: Communicating with Numbers is a core statistics textbook that sparks student interest and bridges the gap between how statistics is taught and how practitioners think about and apply statistical methods. Throughout the text, the emphasis is on communicating with numbers rather than on number crunching. By incorporating the perspective of professional users, the subject matter is more relevant and the presentation of material more straightforward for students. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.
09781264098347
Essentials of Business Statistics
Essentials of Business Statistics

Essentials of Business Statistics, 3rd Edition

ISBN10: 1264098340 | ISBN13: 9781264098347
By Sanjiv Jaggia and Alison Kelly
© 2024

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Essentials of Business Statistics: Communicating with Numbers is a core statistics textbook that sparks student interest and bridges the gap between how statistics is taught and how practitioners think about and apply statistical methods. Throughout the text, the emphasis is on communicating with numbers rather than on number crunching. By incorporating the perspective of professional users, the subject matter is more relevant and the presentation of material more straightforward for students. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.

CHAPTER 1: Data and Data Preparation 

CHAPTER 2: Data Visualization 

CHAPTER 3: Numerical Descriptive Measures 

CHAPTER 4: Introduction to Probability 

CHAPTER 5: Discrete Probability Distributions 

CHAPTER 6: Continuous Probability Distributions 

CHAPTER 7: Sampling and Sampling Distributions 

CHAPTER 8: Interval Estimation 

CHAPTER 9: Hypothesis Testing 

CHAPTER 10: Comparisons involving Means 

CHAPTER 11: Comparisons involving Proportions 

CHAPTER 12: Regression Analysis 

CHAPTER 13: More Topics in Regression Analysis 

CHAPTER 14: Forecasting with Time Series Data 

APPENDIX

A Big Data Sets: Variable Description and Data Dictionary 

B Getting Started with Excel

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About the Author

Sanjiv Jaggia

Sanjiv Jaggia is a professor of economics and finance at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. Dr. Jaggia holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®). He enjoys research in statistics and econometrics applied to a wide range of business disciplines. Dr. Jaggia has published several papers in leading academic journals and has co-authored two successful textbooks in business statistics. His ability to communicate in the classroom has been acknowledged by several teaching awards. Dr. Jaggia resides in San Luis Obispo with his wife and daughter. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, hiking, and listening to a wide range of music.

Alison Kelly

Alison Kelly is a professor of economics at Suffolk University in Boston. Dr. Kelly holds a Ph.D. from Boston College and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®). Dr. Kelly has published in a wide variety of academic journals and has co-authored two successful textbooks in business statistics. Her courses in applied statistics and econometrics are well received by students as well as working professionals. Dr. Kelly resides in Hamilton, Massachusetts, with her husband, daughter, and son. In her spare time, she enjoys exercising and gardening.

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