Applied Statistics for Economics and Business [Paperback]

This textbook introduces readers to practical statisticalissues by presenting them within the context of real-life economics andbusiness situations. It presents the subject in a non-threatening manner, withan emphasis on concise, easily understandable explanations. It has beendesigned to be accessible and student-friendly and, as an added learningfeature, provides all the relevant data required to complete the accompanyingexercises and computing problems, which are presented at the end of eachchapter. It also discusses index numbers and inequality indices in detail,since these are of particular importance to students and commonly omitted intextbooks.

Throughout the text it is assumed that the student has noprior knowledge of statistics. It is aimed primarily at business and economicsundergraduates, providing them with the basic statistical skills necessary forfurther study of their subject. However, students of other disciplines willalso find it relevant.

Introduction.-1.Collecting Data.- 2.Data presentation:Graphs, Frequency Tables and Histograms.- 3.Measures of Location.- 4.Measuresof Dispersion.- 5.Index Numbers.- 6.Inequality Indices.- 7.Probability Theory.-8.Probability Distributions.- 9.Estimation and Confidence Intervals.- 10.HypothesisTesting.- 11.The ?2,F-Distributions and the ANOVA.- 12.Correlation.- 13.Simple Regression. Chapter14.Multiple Regression.- 15.The Analysis of Time Series.- Appendix.

Durmu_ ?zdemir is a professorin economics at Ya_ar University, 0zmir, Turkey. He received his PhD degreein Macroeconomics from University of Leicester, England. He hold a PG degreefrom the University of Glasgow and BSc degree from Hacettepe University. Previously, he had workedfor the University Of Sussex, England, Bilkent University, Ankara and IstabbulBilgi University, Turkey Universit? libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. Morethan ten years of his academic life is spent in Europe.&alóa