This advanced textbook for business statistics teaches, statistical analyses and research methods utilizing business case studies and financial data, with the applications of Excel VBA, Python and R. Each chapter engages the reader with sample data drawn from individual stocks, stock indices, options, and futures. Now in its second edition, it has been expanded into two volumes, each of which is devoted to specific parts of the business analytics curriculum. To reflect the current age of data science and machine learning, the used applications have been updated from Minitab and SAS to Python and R, so that readers will be better prepared for the current industry.
This first volume is designed for advanced courses in financial statistics, investment analysis and portfolio management. It is also a comprehensive reference for active statistical finance scholars and business analysts who are looking to upgrade their toolkits. Readers can look to the second volume for dedicated content on financial derivatives, risk management, and machine learning.
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Data Collection, Presentation, and Yahoo Finance.- Chapter 3. Histograms and the Rate of Returns of JPM and JNJ.- Chapter 4. Numerical Summary Measures on Stock Rates of Return and Market Rates of Return.- Chapter 5. Probability Concepts and their Analysis.- Chapter 6. Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions.- Chapter 7. The Normal and Lognormal Distributions.- Chapter 8. Sampling Distributions and Central Limit Theorem.- Chapter 9. Other Continuous Distributions.- Chapter 10. Estimation.- Chapter 11. Hypothesis Testing.- Chapter 12. Analysis of Variance and Chi-Square Tests.- Chapter 13. Simple Linear Regression and the Correlation Coefficient.- Chapter 14. Simple Linear Regression and Correlation: Analyses and Applications.- Chapter 15. Multiple Linear Regression.- Chapter 16. Residual and Regression Assumption Analysiló
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