Introductory Business Statistics 2e aligns with the topics and objectives of the typical one-semester statistics course for business, economics, and related majors. The text provides detailed and supportive explanations and extensive step-by-step walkthroughs. The author places a significant emphasis on the development and practical application of formulas so that students have a deeper understanding of their interpretation and application of data. Problems and exercises are largely centered on business topics, though other applications are provided in order to increase relevance and showcase the critical role of statistics in a number of fields and real-world contexts. The second edition retains the organization of the original text. Based on extensive feedback from adopters and students, the revision focused on improving currency and relevance, particularly in examples and problems. This is an adaptation of Introductory Business Statistics 2e by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Business Statistics of the United States is a comprehensive and practical collection of data relevant to the nation's economic performance since World War II. It provides up to 77 years of annual data in regional, demographic, and industrial detail for key indicators such as gross domestic product, personal income, spending, saving, employment, unemployment, the capital stock, and more. This publication far surpasses the Economic Report of the President in providing historical data and valuable information about definitions, sources, methods, and current statistical controversies that are essential for understanding and comparing economic measures. This updated edition includes New data from Bureau of Economic Analysis on business rates of return and 'Q-ratio', Consumer price index for consumers 62 years of age and older, New Federal Reserve current data on real interest rates and interest rate 'swaps', Price index for resales of existing homes as well as resales and refinancings combined, Analysis of the upcoming switch in the definition of hourly earnings in the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly survey.

1.Statistics : Meaning, Nature and Limitations, 2 .Statistics : Scope and Importance, 3. Statistical Investigation, 4. Types and Collection of Data, 5 .Questionnaire and Schedule, 6 .Sample Survey, 7 .Editing of Collected Data , 8. Classification and Tabulation of Data, 9. Diagrammatic Presentation of Data, 10. Graphic Presentation of Data, 11. Construction of Frequency Distribution, 12. Measures of Central Tendency , 13. Geometric Mean and Harmonic Mean, 14. Partition Values, 15. Measures of Dispersion, 16. Measures of Skewness, 17. Moments, 18. Measures of Kurtosis, 19. Correlation, 20. Index Numbers , 21. Analysis of Time Series , 22. Interpolation and Extrapolation, 23. Regression Analysis , 24. Probability Theory, 25. Probability Distributions or Theoretical Frequency Distributions, 26. Association of Attributes , 27. Sampling Theory and Tests of Significance , 28. Chi-Square Test and Goodness of Fit, 29. Analysis of Variance , 30. Statistical Quality Control, Appendix.