Statistics for Economics, Accounting and Business Studies, 8th edition
Published by Pearson (April 3, 2024) © 2024
- Michael Barrow University of Sussex
- C Rashaad Shabab University of Sussex
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The classic introduction to the world of statistics for the analysts, business leaders and policymakers of tomorrow.
Statistics for Economics, Accounting, and Business Studies, 8th edition is a user-friendly introduction to the subject, aimed at students studying economics, accountancy, finance, and business.
This comprehensive text applies a wide variety of statistical tools and techniques to wider business practice, and is packed with exercises to help your students build up their skills.
This edition includes a Companion Website.
Hallmark features of this title
Covers all topics needed at an introductory level
- The perfect book to gain essential knowledge for introductory statistics, the chapters are user-friendly and concise
- The content explains clearly a variety of statistical tools and techniques which your students can use to solve real-life problems
Facilitates active learning
- Numerous exercises and problems are integrated throughout to help your students test their understanding of the subject and measure progress as students go through the text
Relevant, real-life applications of concepts
- 'Statistics in Practice' sections provide practical, real-life worked examples throughout the text to root this in situations where knowledge of statistic tools and methods makes an impact on business goals or ways to solve financial issues
- Includes information on, using industry-based software which illustrates how to use spreadsheets to solve problems
- Unlike many other books at this level, this text includes applications of introductory statistics to accountancy in addition to economics, business studies and finance
"Barrow and Shabab's Statistics for Economics, Accounting and Business Studies textbook has an excellent mix of application, intuition and statistical theory that is suitable for students with and without prior knowledge in statistics."
Dr Robert Riegler, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Aston University
"An accessible, real-world and practical book. What really struck me about is that the book goes beyond a 'cook-book' approach (first, we do this, then we do that...). There is depth of analysis of the key methodological concepts."
Dr Nektarios Tzempelikos, Associate Professor of Marketing, Anglia Ruskin University
New and updated features of this title
- NEW! This edition includes a new chapter on Data Visualisation, reflecting the growing importance of this topic
- UPDATED! Now includes the application of statistics to issues of contemporary interest, such as the impact of global events like Covid-19, development economics, tourism, education and working hours
- UPDATED! A greater focus on data science and big data, with supporting online material including data sets, software and code (Python and R) to analyse the data, as well as Excel versions, included for those who prefer using Excel
"This has long been my recommended text for business school undergraduates studying economics, finance or accounting. The focus on applications over theory makes it suitable for students with and without A level maths. It is rightly popular with my students."
Professor David Paton, Nottingham University Business School
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Plan of the book
- Data visualisation
- Descriptive statistics
- Probability
- Probability distributions
- Estimation and confidence intervals
- Hypothesis testing
- The x2 and F distributions
- Correlation and regression
- Multiple regression
- Workflow, data collection and analysis
- Index numbers
- Seasonal adjustment of time-series data
Index
Michael Barrow is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Sussex, where he has taught economics, statistics and quantitative methods, as well as conducted research in the field of public economics. He continues his consultancy work for the UK government and other voluntary activities.
C. Rashaad Shabab is an award-winning teacher at the University of Sussex. He is a Senior Lecturer in Economics and the Business School's Director of Student Experience. He holds a PhD in Economics, specialising in household inequality, income risk, lifecycle theory and migration.
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