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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254294303321

Autore

Ubøe Jan

Titolo

Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics : Theory, Exercises and Solutions / / by Jan Ubøe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-70936-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 466 p. 121 illus., 102 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Texts in Business and Economics, , 2192-4333

Disciplina

519.5

Soggetti

Statistics 

Business mathematics

Econometrics

Market research

Statistics for Business, Management, Economics, Finance, Insurance

Business Mathematics

Market Research/Competitive Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Descriptive statistics -- Probability -- Combinatorics -- Conditional probability -- Random variables, mean and variance -- Joint distributions -- Basic probability distributions -- Estimation -- Hypothesis testing -- Commonly used tests -- Linear regression -- Solutions.

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook discusses central statistical concepts and their use in business and economics. To endure the hardship of abstract statistical thinking, business and economics students need to see interesting applications at an early stage. Accordingly, the book predominantly focuses on exercises, several of which draw on simple applications of non-linear theory. The main body presents central ideas in a simple, straightforward manner; the exposition is concise, without sacrificing rigor. The book bridges the gap between theory and applications, with most exercises formulated in an economic context. Its simplicity of style makes the book suitable for students at any level, and every chapter starts out with simple problems. Several exercises, however,



are more challenging, as they are devoted to the discussion of non-trivial economic problems where statistics plays a central part.