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

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

  • David M. Levine Baruch College, City University of New York
  • David F. Stephan Two Bridges Instructional Technology
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Now fully updated for "big data" analytics and the newest applications, Even You Can Learn Statistics and Analytics, Third Edition is the practical, up-to-date introduction to statistics an analytics – for everyone!

One easy step at a time, you’ll learn all the statistical techniques you’ll need for finance, marketing, quality, science, social science, or anything else. Simple jargon-free explanations help you understand every technique, and realistic 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 in business, school, or anywhere else. 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! Thought you couldn’t learn statistics? You can – and you will!

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

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