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Business Statistics
Introductory Business Statistics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. Core statistical concepts and skills have been augmented with practical business examples, scenarios, and exercises. The result is a meaningful understanding of the discipline, which will serve students in their business careers and real-world experiences.
- Author
- OpenStax
- Publisher
- LibreTexts
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Business Administration
Contents· 198 sections
- 01: Sampling and Data
- 1.00: Introduction to Sampling and Data
- 1.01: Definitions of Statistics Probability and Key Terms
- 1.02: Data Sampling and Variation in Data and Sampling
- 1.03: Levels of Measurement
- 1.04: Experimental Design and Ethics
- 1.05: Sampling Experiment (Worksheet)
- 1.06: Key Terms
- 1.07: Review
- 1.08: Homework
- 1.09: References
- 1.10: Solutions
- 02: Descriptive Statistics
- 2.00: Introduction to Descriptive Statistics
- 2.01: Display Data
- 2.02: Measures of the Location of the Data
- 2.03: Measures of the Center of the Data
- 2.04: Sigma Notation and Calculating the Arithmetic Mean
- 2.05: Geometric Mean
- 2.06: Skewness and the Mean Median and Mode
- 2.07: Measures of the Spread of the Data
- 2.08: Descriptive Statistics (Worksheet)
- 2.09: Key Terms
- 2.10: Review
- 2.11: Formula Review
- 2.12: Practice
- 2.13: Homework
- 2.13.00: Homework
- 2.14: References
- 2.15: Solutions
- 03: Probability Topics
- 3.00: Introduction to Probability
- 3.01: Probability Terminology
- 3.02: Independent and Mutually Exclusive Events
- 3.03: Two Basic Rules of Probability
- 3.04: Contingency Tables and Probability Trees
- 3.05: Venn Diagrams
- 3.06: Conditional Probability and Bayes' Rule
- 3.07: Independent Events
- 3.08: Discrete Distribution Experiment (Worksheet)
- 3.09: Key Terms
- 3.10: Chapter Review
- 3.11: Formula Review
- 3.12: Practice
- 3.13: Bringing It Together- Practice
- 3.14: Homework
- 3.15: Bringing It Together- Homework
- 3.16: Reference
- 3.17: Solutions
- 04: Discrete Random Variables
- 4.00: Introduction to Discrete Random Variables
- 4.01: Hypergeometric Distribution
- 4.02: Binomial Distribution
- 4.03: Geometric Distribution
- 4.04: Poisson Distribution
- 4.05: Expected Value of Discrete Random Variables
- 4.06: Variance of Discrete Random Variables
- 4.07: Key Terms
- 4.08: Chapter Review
- 4.09: Formula Review
- 4.10: Practice
- 4.11: Homework
- 4.12: References
- 4.13: Solutions
- 05: Continuous Random Variables
- 5.00: Introduction to Continuous Random Variables
- 5.01: Properties of Continuous Probability Density Functions
- 5.02: The Uniform Distribution
- 5.03: The Exponential Distribution
- 5.04: Key Terms
- 5.05: Chapter Review
- 5.06: Formula Review
- 5.07: Practice
- 5.08: Homework
- 5.09: References
- 5.10: Solutions
- 06: The Normal Distribution
- 6.00: Introduction to Normal Distribution
- 6.01: The Standard Normal Distribution
- 6.02: Using the Normal Distribution
- 6.03: Estimating the Binomial with the Normal Distribution
- 6.04: Normal Distribution - Pinkie Length (Worksheet)
- 6.05: Key Terms
- 6.06: Chapter Review
- 6.07: Formula Review
- 6.08: Practice
- 6.09: Homework
- 6.10: References
- 6.11: Solutions
- 07: The Central Limit Theorem
- 7.00: Introduction to the Central Limit Theorem
- 7.01: The Central Limit Theorem for Sample Means
- 7.02: Using the Central Limit Theorem
- 7.03: The Central Limit Theorem for Proportions
- 7.04: Finite Population Correction Factor
- 7.05: Limit Theorem (Worksheet)
- 7.06: Key Terms
- 7.07: Chapter Review
- 7.08: Formula Review
- 7.09: Practice
- 7.10: Homework
- 7.11: References
- 7.12: Solutions
- 08: Confidence Intervals
- 8.00: Introduction to Confidence Intervals
- 8.01: A Confidence Interval for a Population Standard Deviation Known or Large Sample Size
- 8.02: A Confidence Interval for a Population Standard Deviation Unknown Small Sample Case
- 8.03: A Confidence Interval for A Population Proportion
- 8.04: Calculating the Sample Size n- Continuous and Binary Random Variables
- 8.05: Confidence Intervals - Inflation Rates (Worksheet)
- 8.06: Key Terms
- 8.07: Chapter Review
- 8.08: Formula Review
- 8.09: Practice
- 8.10: Homework
- 8.11: References
- 8.12: Solutions
- 09: Hypothesis Testing with One Sample
- 9.00: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
- 9.01: Null and Alternative Hypotheses
- 9.02: Outcomes and the Type I and Type II Errors
- 9.03: One-Sample Test
- 9.04: Full Hypothesis Test Examples
- 9.05: Key Terms
- 9.06: Chapter Review
- 9.07: Formula Review
- 9.08: Practice
- 9.09: Homework
- 9.10: References
- 9.11: Solutions
- 10: Hypothesis Testing with Two Samples
- 10.00: Introduction to Two-Sample Tests
- 10.01: Comparing Two Independent Population Means
- 10.02: Cohen's Standards for Small Medium and Large Effect Sizes
- 10.03: Test for Differences in Means- Assuming Equal Population Variances
- 10.04: Comparing Two Independent Population Proportions
- 10.05: Two Population Means with Known Standard Deviations
- 10.06: Matched or Paired Samples
- 10.07: Key Terms
- 10.08: Chapter Review
- 10.09: Formula Review
- 10.10: Practice
- 10.11: Homework
- 10.12: Bringing It Together Homework
- 10.13: References
- 10.14: Solutions
- 11: The Chi-Square Distribution
- 11.00: Introduction to the Chi-Square Distribution
- 11.01: Facts About the Chi-Square Distribution
- 11.02: Test of a Single Variance
- 11.03: Goodness-of-Fit Test
- 11.04: Test of Independence
- 11.05: Test for Homogeneity
- 11.06: Comparison of the Chi-Square Texts
- 11.07: Key Terms
- 11.08: Chapter Review
- 11.09: Formula Review
- 11.10: Practice
- 11.11: Homework
- 11.12: References
- 11.13: Solutions
- 12: F Distribution and One-Way ANOVA
- 12.00: Introduction to the F-Distribtuion
- 12.01: Test of Two Variances
- 12.02: One-Way ANOVA
- 12.03: The F Distribution and the F-Ratio
- 12.04: Facts About the F Distribution
- 12.05: Key Terms
- 12.06: Chapter Review
- 12.07: Formula Review
- 12.08: Practice
- 12.09: Homework
- 12.10: References
- 12.11: Solutions
- 13: Linear Regression and Correlation
- 13.00: Introduction to Linear Regression and Correlation
- 13.01: The Correlation Coefficient r
- 13.02: Testing the Significance of the Correlation Coefficient
- 13.03: Linear Equations
- 13.04: The Regression Equation
- 13.05: Interpretation of Regression Coefficients- Elasticity and Logarithmic Transformation
- 13.06: Predicting with a Regression Equation
- 13.07: How to Use Microsoft Excel for Regression Analysis
- 13.08: Linear Regression - Income and Assets (Worksheet)
- 13.09: Key Terms
- 13.10: Chapter Review
- 13.11: Practice
- 13.12: Solutions
- 14: Apppendices
- 14.00: A Statistical Tables
- 14.0.00: F Distribution
- 14.0.01: Standard Normal Probability Distribution- Z Table
- 14.0.02: Student's t Distribution
- 14.0.03: 2 Probability Distribution
- 14.01: B Mathematical Phrases Symbols and Formulas
- 14.1.00: English Phrases Written Mathematically
- 14.1.01: Symbols and Their Meanings
- 14.1.02: Formulas