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Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics: An Easy to Understand Guide to Statistics and Analytics ,3rd edition::9780133382686

Published by Pearson FT Press (December 3, 2014) © 2015

David Levine | David Stephan
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    Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics: An Easy to Understand Guide to Statistics and Analytics ,3rd edition

    Language: American English

    Thought you couldn’t learn statistics? You can – and you will! Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics, Third Edition is the practical, up-to-date introduction to statistics – for everyone! Now fully updated for "big data" analytics and the newest applications, it'll teach you all the statistical techniques you’ll need for finance, marketing, quality, science, social science, and more – one easy step at a time. Simple jargon-free explanations help you understand every technique, and extensive practical examples and worked problems give you all the hands-on practice you'll need. This edition contains more practical examples than ever – all updated for the newest versions of Microsoft Excel. You'll find downloadable practice files, templates, data sets, and sample models – including complete solutions you can put right to work! Learn how to do all this, and more:

    • Apply statistical techniques to analyze huge data sets and transform them into valuable knowledge
    • Construct and interpret statistical charts and tables with Excel or OpenOffice.org Calc 3
    • Work with mean, median, mode, standard deviation, Z scores, skewness, and other descriptive statistics
    • Use probability and probability distributions
    • Work with sampling distributions and confidence intervals
    • Test hypotheses with Z, t, chi-square, ANOVA, and other techniques
    • Perform powerful regression analysis and modeling
    • Use multiple regression to develop models that contain several independent variables
    • Master specific statistical techniques for quality and Six Sigma programs

    Hate math? No sweat. You’ll be amazed at how little you need. Like math? Optional "Equation Blackboard" sections reveal the mathematical foundations of statistics right before your eyes. If you need to understand, evaluate, or use statistics in business, academia, or anywhere else, this is the book you've been searching for!

    Introduction: The Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics Owners Manual     xi
    Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Statistics     1
    Chapter 2: Presenting Data in Tables and Charts     15
    Chapter 3: Descriptive Statistics     37
    Chapter 4: Probability     67
    Chapter 5: Probability Distributions     79
    Chapter 6: Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals     113
    Chapter 7: Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing     137
    Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing: Z and t Tests     149
    Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing: Chi-Square Tests and the One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)      175
    Chapter 10: Simple Linear Regression     203
    Chapter 11: Multiple Regression     239
    Chapter 12: Fundamentals of Analytics     257
    Chapter 13: Descriptive Analytics     265
    Chapter 14: Predictive Analytics     277
    Appendix A: Microsoft Excel Operation and Configuration     293
    Appendix B: Review of Arithmetic and Algebra     295
    Appendix C: Statistical Tables     305
    Appendix D: Spreadsheet Tips     333
    Appendix E: Advanced Techniques     337
    Appendix F: Documentation for Downloadable Files     345
    Glossary     349
    Index     357