Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis With Exercises, Solutions and Applications in R /

• Main Authors: Heumann, Christian (Author), Schomaker, Michael (Author), Shalabh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Statistics.; Econometrics.; Macroeconomics.; Statistical Theory and Methods.; Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.

This introductory statistics textbook conveys the essential concepts and tools needed to develop and nurture statistical thinking. It presents descriptive, inductive and explorative statistical methods and guides the reader through the process of quantitative data analysis. In the experimental scien...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Descriptive Statistics: Introduction and Framework
• Frequency Measures and Graphical Representation of Data
• Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion
• Association of Two Variables
• Part I Probability Calculus: Combinatorics
• Elements of Probability Theory
• Random Variables
• Probability Distributions
• Part III Inductive Statistics: Inference
• Hypothesis Testing
• Linear Regression
• Part IV Appendices: Introduction to R
• Solutions to Exercises
• Technical Appendix
• Visual Summaries.