| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to the central textbook example -- Introduction to the statistics process -- Introduction to data -- Data collection and capture -- Introduction to SAS -- Basics of SAS programs, data manipulation, analysis and reporting -- Descriptive statistics : understand your data -- Basics of associating variables -- Using basic statistics to check and fix data -- Introduction to graphing in SAS -- The statistics process : fitting models to data -- Key concepts : size and accuracy -- Introduction to linear regression -- Categories explaining a continuous variable -- Categorical data distributions and associations -- Reporting business analytics -- Business analysis from statistics : introduction -- Miscellaneous business statistics topics. |
| Summary |
This book is designed to teach businesspeople, students, and others core statistical concepts and applications. It begins with absolute core principles and takes you through an overview of statistics, data and data collection, an introduction to SAS, and basic statistics (descriptive statistics and basic associational statistics). It provides an overview of statistical modeling, effect size, statistical significance and power testing, basics of linear regression, introduction to comparison of means, basics of chi-square tests for categories, extrapolating statistics to business outcomes, and some topical issues in statistics, such as big data, simulation, machine learning, and data warehousing. It teaches the core ideas of statistics through methods such as careful, intuitive written explanations, easy-to-follow diagrams, step-by-step technique implementation, and interesting metaphors. -- Edited summary from book. |
| Subject |
SAS (Computer file)
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SAS (Computer file) |
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Commercial statistics.
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Business enterprises -- Data processing.
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Mathematical statistics.
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Entreprises -- Informatique. |
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Business enterprises -- Data processing |
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Commercial statistics |
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Mathematical statistics |
| Added Author |
SAS Institute.
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| ISBN |
9781629600468 (electronic bk.) |
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1629600466 (electronic bk.) |
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9781629600451 |
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1629600458 |
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