About This Textbook
"Introductory Business Statistics with Interactive Spreadsheets - 1st Canadian Edition" is an adaptation of Thomas K. Tiemann's book, "Introductory Business Statistics".
In addition to covering basics such as
- populations
- samples
- the difference between data and information
- sampling distributions
- descriptive statistics and frequency distributions
- normal and t-distributions
- hypothesis testing
- t-tests
- f-tests
- analysis of variance
- non-parametric tests
- regression basics
the following information has been added:
- the chi-square test and categorical variables
- null and alternative hypotheses for the test of independence
- simple linear regression model
- least squares method
- coefficient of determination
- confidence interval for the average of the dependent variable
- prediction interval for a specific value of the dependent variable
This new edition also allows readers to learn the basic and most commonly applied statistical techniques in business in an interactive way -- when using the web version -- through interactive Excel spreadsheets. All information has been revised to reflect Canadian content.
Author
Thomas K. Tiemann and Mohammad Mahbobi
Publisher
BCcampus
Publish Date
December 7, 2015
Edition
1st Canadian Edition
Level
Undergraduate
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