Principles of Managerial Statistics and Data Science

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9781119486411 Author(s): Roberto Rivera Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2020 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc Pages: 688 Series: Wiley Custom Select

Description: Introduces readers to the principles of managerial statistics and data science, with an emphasis on statistical literacy of business students A‚ A‚  Through a statistical perspective, this book introduces readers to the topic of data science, including Big Data, data analytics, and data wrangling. Chapters include multiple examples showing the application of the theoretical aspects presented. It features practice problems designed to ensure that readers understand the concepts and can apply them using real data. Over 100 open data sets used for examples and problems come from regions throughout the world, allowing the instructor to adapt the application to local data with which students can identify. Applications with these data sets include: Assessing if searches during a police stop in San Diego are dependent on driverA?s raceVisualizing the association between fat percentage and moisture percentage in Canadian cheeseModeling taxi fares in Chicago using data from millions of ridesAnalyzing mean sales per unit of legal marijuana products in Washington state Topics covered in Principles of Managerial Statistics and Data Science include:data visualization; descriptive measures; probability; probability distributions; mathematical expectation; confidence intervals; and hypothesis testing. Analysis of variance; simple linear regression; and multiple linear regression are also included. In addition, the book offers contingency tables, Chi-square tests, non-parametric methods, and time series methods. The textbook:A‚  Includes academic material usually covered in introductory Statistics courses, but with a data science twist, and less emphasis in the theoryRelies on Minitab to present how to perform tasks with a computerPresents and motivates use