Principles of Statistics (Second Edition)

Author: Zhou Gairong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-12-24
Features: This book is a key textbook approved by the Tianjin Municipal Education Commission. It is compiled based on the teaching syllabus for core courses in finance and economics majors issued by the former Ministry of Education. The book consists of nine chapters, covering fundamental concepts and categories of statistics, basic principles and methods of descriptive and inferential statistics: data collection and organization, statistical distributions and numerical characteristics of statistical data, principles and methods of statistical estimation and hypothesis testing, statistical analysis methods for variable relationships, time series and statistical indices. Each chapter is accompanied by corresponding exercises. The appendix provides explanations of common statistical terms, frequently used statistical tables, and answers to exercises. Finally, there is a reference list and a glossary. On one hand, the book retains the basic content of "Principles of Social and Economic Statistics," while also systematically enriching the content of statistical inference. It strives for consistency in narrative style, terminology, and mathematical symbols. This book serves as the textbook for the core undergraduate course in statistics for economics and business management majors in higher education institutions. It can also be used as a teaching reference for postgraduate students in related fields, as well as for economic professionals and administrative personnel at various levels.