Statistics for Business

  1. Descriptive Statistics
    1. Organizing and Tabulating Data
      1. Raw Data vs. Grouped Data
        1. Frequency Distributions for Categorical Data
          1. Construction of Frequency Tables
            1. Relative Frequencies
              1. Cumulative Frequencies
              2. Frequency Distributions for Numerical Data
                1. Class Intervals
                  1. Class Boundaries
                    1. Class Width
                      1. Class Midpoints
                        1. Relative Frequencies
                          1. Cumulative Frequencies
                        2. Data Visualization Techniques
                          1. Categorical Data Visualization
                            1. Bar Charts
                              1. Simple Bar Charts
                                1. Clustered Bar Charts
                                  1. Stacked Bar Charts
                                    1. Construction and Interpretation
                                    2. Pie Charts
                                      1. Construction and Interpretation
                                        1. When to Use Pie Charts
                                        2. Pareto Charts
                                          1. Pareto Principle
                                            1. Construction and Interpretation
                                          2. Numerical Data Visualization
                                            1. Histograms
                                              1. Construction and Interpretation
                                                1. Choosing Bin Widths
                                                  1. Shape Analysis
                                                  2. Frequency Polygons
                                                    1. Ogives
                                                      1. Stem-and-Leaf Displays
                                                        1. Dot Plots
                                                        2. Bivariate Data Visualization
                                                          1. Scatter Plots
                                                            1. Construction and Interpretation
                                                              1. Identifying Relationships
                                                                1. Outliers and Patterns
                                                                2. Cross-Tabulations
                                                                  1. Contingency Tables
                                                                    1. Marginal Distributions
                                                                      1. Joint Distributions
                                                                  2. Measures of Central Tendency
                                                                    1. Mean
                                                                      1. Arithmetic Mean for Ungrouped Data
                                                                        1. Arithmetic Mean for Grouped Data
                                                                          1. Weighted Mean
                                                                            1. Properties of the Mean
                                                                            2. Median
                                                                              1. Calculation for Odd Sample Sizes
                                                                                1. Calculation for Even Sample Sizes
                                                                                  1. Median for Grouped Data
                                                                                    1. Properties of the Median
                                                                                    2. Mode
                                                                                      1. Unimodal Distributions
                                                                                        1. Bimodal Distributions
                                                                                          1. Multimodal Distributions
                                                                                            1. Properties of the Mode
                                                                                            2. Geometric Mean
                                                                                              1. Calculation
                                                                                                1. Applications in Growth Rates
                                                                                                  1. When to Use Geometric Mean
                                                                                                  2. Harmonic Mean
                                                                                                    1. Calculation
                                                                                                      1. Applications in Business
                                                                                                      2. Choosing Appropriate Measures
                                                                                                      3. Measures of Variation
                                                                                                        1. Range
                                                                                                          1. Calculation
                                                                                                            1. Interpretation
                                                                                                              1. Limitations
                                                                                                              2. Interquartile Range
                                                                                                                1. First Quartile
                                                                                                                  1. Third Quartile
                                                                                                                    1. Calculation of IQR
                                                                                                                      1. Interpretation
                                                                                                                      2. Variance
                                                                                                                        1. Population Variance
                                                                                                                          1. Sample Variance
                                                                                                                            1. Calculation Methods
                                                                                                                            2. Standard Deviation
                                                                                                                              1. Population Standard Deviation
                                                                                                                                1. Sample Standard Deviation
                                                                                                                                  1. Interpretation
                                                                                                                                    1. Empirical Rule
                                                                                                                                    2. Coefficient of Variation
                                                                                                                                      1. Calculation
                                                                                                                                        1. Interpretation
                                                                                                                                          1. Comparing Variability
                                                                                                                                        2. Measures of Shape and Position
                                                                                                                                          1. Skewness
                                                                                                                                            1. Positive Skewness
                                                                                                                                              1. Negative Skewness
                                                                                                                                                1. Measuring Skewness
                                                                                                                                                  1. Business Interpretation
                                                                                                                                                  2. Kurtosis
                                                                                                                                                    1. Leptokurtic Distributions
                                                                                                                                                      1. Mesokurtic Distributions
                                                                                                                                                        1. Platykurtic Distributions
                                                                                                                                                        2. Percentiles
                                                                                                                                                          1. Calculation
                                                                                                                                                            1. Interpretation
                                                                                                                                                              1. Business Applications
                                                                                                                                                              2. Quartiles
                                                                                                                                                                1. First Quartile
                                                                                                                                                                  1. Second Quartile
                                                                                                                                                                    1. Third Quartile
                                                                                                                                                                    2. Z-Scores
                                                                                                                                                                      1. Standardization Process
                                                                                                                                                                        1. Interpretation
                                                                                                                                                                          1. Identifying Outliers
                                                                                                                                                                          2. Box-and-Whisker Plots
                                                                                                                                                                            1. Construction
                                                                                                                                                                              1. Interpretation
                                                                                                                                                                                1. Identifying Outliers

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