This book is intended as a textbook for a first course in applied statistics for students of economics, public administration and business administration. A limited knowledge of mathematics and – in one single chapter – some knowledge of elementary matrix algebra is required for understanding the text. Complicated mathematical proofs are avoided and the explanations…

Institutional investors (investment funds, insurance companies and pension funds) are major collectors of savings and suppliers of funds to financial markets. Their role as financial intermediaries and their impact on investment strategies have grown significantly over recent years along with deregulation and globalisation of financial markets. This publication provides a unique set of statistics that…

This annual publication shows official insurance statistics for all Oecd countries including data on premiums collected, claims, and commissions by type of insurance; investments by type of investment; and numbers of companies and employees. The data, which are standardised as far as possible, are broken down under numerous sub-headings, and a series of indicators makes…

This is a clear and concise introduction to a range of statistical concepts and techniques for economics, accounting and business students. Content: Chapter 1: Descriptive statistics Chapter 2: Probability Chapter 3: Probability distributions Chapter 4: Estimation and confidence intervals Chapter 5: Hypothesis testing Chapter 6: Thec 2and F distributions Chapter 7: Correlation and regression Chapter…