Organization of Data: Frequency Distributions ; Measures of Central Tendency: Mode ; Measure of Central Tendency: Mean ; Comparison of Measures of Central Tendency Percentiles ; Measures of Variability: Range Distribution Curves ; Measures of Variability: Average Deviation ; Normal Distribution ; Measures of Variability: Standard Deviation ; Probability and the Normal Distribution ; Relationship between Population and Sample ; Sampling Error ; Measures of Variability: Variance ; Standard Error of the Mean Confidence Interval ; Confidence Interval (continued) ; Null Hypothesis ; Distribution ; Ratio

This text presents the fundamental statistical concepts and techniques generally included in a one-semester course in basic business and economics statistics. It is designed for use in undergraduate or graduate courses in which the student is being introduced to statistical considerations that can be applied to decision- making processes in business and economic settings. Although the text is divided into sets that are self-contained, it is not designed to serve as a primary text. Rather, it is designed to complement class instruction and to give the student step-by-step instruction in the application of the more basic descriptive and inferential statistical techniques: it does not attempt to develop theoretical or mathematical derivations of the various techniques.

The text covers the general methods of statistical description and analysis of research data. including an introduction to index numbers and time-series analysis.

Statistics is a difficult subject for many students. The major reasons for this may be that too much instruction is given at one time, that the material is not logically organized so that the student can follow its development, or that the student is not actively engaged in the instructional procedure.

This business and economies statistics text is in programmed form presenting instruction in a logical sequence which allows the student to participate actively in the instruction process.

This text is logically organized into twenty-seven sets. A brief set introduction describes the contents of each set and presents specific objectives for that set. These stated objectives alert the student to the important aspects of statistics to be covered in that set.