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Statistical Methods and

Calculation Skills
Edition: 5th Edition
Publication date: 2020
Author/Editors: Willemse, I Nyelisani, P
ISBN: 9781485130437
Format: Soft Cover
Number of Pages: 328
Retail price: R690.00 (incl. VAT, excl.
delivery.)
Website Link: juta.co.za/pdf/25946/

About this Publication:

Statistics and their analysis are key to making mathematical sense of the world around us. In this
textbook the authors underscore the importance of statistical methods and calculation skills and
explain clearly and simply the key concepts and principles of statistics, so that they are easy to
understand. The main purpose of the book is to make students more confident about handling
statistical data and enable them to understand the meaning of the results obtained.
Statistical methods cover the collection of data, descriptive methods and inferential methods of
analysis. Calculation skills cover elementary calculations, percentages and ratios, equations,
graphs and interest calculations. The elementary calculations include basic calculations, such as
exponents, decimals, scientific notation, logarithms, rounding and VAT calculations. This book
teaches students with no mathematics background how to do basic calculations before
concentrating on the statistical applications. For some courses, calculations such as interest,
future values of investments, graphs and ratios form part of the core module and are also
covered in this book.

Key Features
Updated content
Exercises at the end of each chapter
Multiple-choice questions at the end of each chapter.
Contents Include:

Part One: Statistical Methods


Unit 1: Introduction
Unit 2: Collection of data
Unit 3: Summarising data using tables and graphs
Unit 4: Summarising data using numerical descriptors
Unit 5: Index numbers
Unit 6: Summarising bivariate data: simple regression and correlation analysis
Unit 7: Time series
Unit 8: Probability: basic concepts
Unit 9: Probability distributions
Unit 10: Statistical inference: estimation
Unit 11: Hypothesis testing
Part Two: Calculation Skills
Unit 12: Elementary calculations
Unit 13: Percentages and ratios
Unit 14: Equations and graph construction
Unit 15: Interest calculations
Appendix 1: The standard normal distribution
Appendix 2: The t–distribution
Appendix 3: The chi-square distribution
Appendix 4: Random

Of Interest and Benefit to:

First-year students registered for Statistics as part of a degree in Commerce, Accounting, Food
Technology, Biotechnology and Biomedical Technology, as well as those doing Engineering
diplomas and B Eng Tech qualifications which include applied Statistics.
Matric-level students doing advanced work in Financial Mathematics.

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