Statistical Methods and - Juta
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StatisticalMethodsandCalculationSkillsEdition: 5thEditionPublicationdate: 2020Author/Editors: Willemse,INyelisani,PISBN: 9781485130437Format: SoftCoverNumberofPages: 328Retailprice: R562.00(incl.VAT,excl.delivery.)WebsiteLink: juta.co.za/pdf/25946/
AboutthisPublication:
Statisticsandtheiranalysisarekeytomakingmathematicalsenseoftheworldaroundus.Inthistextbooktheauthorsunderscoretheimportanceofstatisticalmethodsandcalculationskillsandexplainclearlyandsimplythekeyconceptsandprinciplesofstatistics,sothattheyareeasytounderstand.Themainpurposeofthebookistomakestudentsmoreconfidentabouthandlingstatisticaldataandenablethemtounderstandthemeaningoftheresultsobtained.Statisticalmethodscoverthecollectionofdata,descriptivemethodsandinferentialmethodsofanalysis.Calculationskillscoverelementarycalculations,percentagesandratios,equations,graphsandinterestcalculations.Theelementarycalculationsincludebasiccalculations,suchasexponents,decimals,scientificnotation,logarithms,roundingandVATcalculations.Thisbookteachesstudentswithnomathematicsbackgroundhowtodobasiccalculationsbeforeconcentratingonthestatisticalapplications.Forsomecourses,calculationssuchasinterest,futurevaluesofinvestments,graphsandratiosformpartofthecoremoduleandarealsocoveredinthisbook.
KeyFeaturesUpdatedcontentExercisesattheendofeachchapterMultiple-choicequestionsattheendofeachchapter.
ContentsInclude:
PartOne:StatisticalMethodsUnit1:IntroductionUnit2:CollectionofdataUnit3:SummarisingdatausingtablesandgraphsUnit4:SummarisingdatausingnumericaldescriptorsUnit5:IndexnumbersUnit6:Summarisingbivariatedata:simpleregressionandcorrelationanalysisUnit7:TimeseriesUnit8:Probability:basicconceptsUnit9:ProbabilitydistributionsUnit10:Statisticalinference:estimationUnit11:HypothesistestingPartTwo:CalculationSkillsUnit12:ElementarycalculationsUnit13:PercentagesandratiosUnit14:EquationsandgraphconstructionUnit15:InterestcalculationsAppendix1:ThestandardnormaldistributionAppendix2:Thet–distributionAppendix3:Thechi-squaredistributionAppendix4:Random
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First-yearstudentsregisteredforStatisticsaspartofadegreeinCommerce,Accounting,FoodTechnology,BiotechnologyandBiomedicalTechnology,aswellasthosedoingEngineeringdiplomasandBEngTechqualificationswhichincludeappliedStatistics.Matric-levelstudentsdoingadvancedworkinFinancialMathematics.