Business Statistics Abridged: Australia and New Zealand

Selva Selvanathan is Professor in Econometrics and Applied Statistics in the Griffith Business School and Director of BIntBus Program at Griffith University. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Madras School of Economics, Anna University, Chennai, India. Selva has also taught previously at the University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Murdoch University (Australia) and The University of Western Australia (Australia) and University of Queensland (Australia). He has held positions such as the Deputy Dean (Staffing), Faculty of International Business, and Deputy Director of the Statistics and Research Design (STARDS) Unit at Griffith University. Selva was educated at the University of Jaffna, University of Bucharest (Romania), The University of Western Australia and Murdoch University (Australia). He is the recipient of several individual and group Excellence in Teaching Awards and has received numerous of competitive teaching and research grants. Selva has published six research monographs and has published widely in international refereed journals such as Journal of Econometrics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Review of Economics Studies and Marketing Science, and several book chapters. Saroja is Professor in Econometrics in the Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University, a Visiting Professor at the Madras School of Economics, Anna University, Chennai, India, and Research Higher Degrees Convenor, Economics and Business Statistics, at Griffith University. She has also held positions such as Deputy Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, the Director of the Statistics and Research Design (STARDS) Unit and the Head of the Economics and Business Statistics Discipline at Griffith University. She has also taught previously at the University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Murdoch University (Australia) and The University of Western Australia. Saroja was educated at the University of Jaffna, Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia, and has published several research monographs and research papers in international refereed journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, Transportation Research and Economics Letters, and book chapters. Saroja was the recipient of a 2005 Excellence in Teaching Award for innovation across the institution for teaching statistics to postgraduate students. Gerald Keller is emeritus professor of business at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he taught statistics, management science and operations management from 1974 to 2011.

• 1. What is statistics? Appendix 1.A: Introduction to Microsoft Excel2. Type of data, data collection and samplingPart 1: Descriptive measures and probability3. Graphical descriptive methods – nominal data4. Graphical descriptive methods – numerical data5. Numerical descriptive measuresAppendix 5.A: Summation notation6. Probability7. Random variables and discrete probability distributions8. Continuous probability distributionsPart 2: Statistical Inference9. Statistical inference and sampling distributions10. Estimation: describing a single population11. Estimation: comparing two populations12. Hypothesis testing: single populationAppendix 12.A: Excel instructions13. Hypothesis testing: comparing two populationsAppendix 13.A Excel instructions14. Chi-squared tests for nominal data15. Simple linear regression and correlation16. Multiple regressionPart 3: Applications17. Time series analysis and forecasting18. Index numbersAppendix A: Summary of solutions for selected exercisesAppendix B: Tables