Stats means business : statistics and business analytics for business, hospitality and tourism / John Buglear and Elaine Chen.
By: Buglear, John [author]
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Contributor(s): Chen, Elaine (Professor of business analytics) [author ].
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BookPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon, UK ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2025Copyright date: ©2025Edition: Fourth edition.Description: xvii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781032750217 (paperback); 1032750219 (paperback); 9781032750187 (hardback); 1032750189 (hardback).Uniform titles: Stats to go Subject(s): Hospitality industry -- Statistics | Tourism -- Statistics | Commercial statisticsDDC classification: 338.4791 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 338.4791 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | MTU Cork Module MATH6065 - Supplementary reading. | 00198235 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Stats Means Business is an introductory and comprehensive textbook written especially for hospitality, business and tourism students who take statistics or quantitative methods modules. By minimising technical language, providing clear definitions of key terms and giving emphasis to interpretation rather than technique, this book caters to beginners in the subject.
This book enables readers to appreciate the importance of statistical analysis in hospitality, tourism and other fields of business, understand statistical techniques, develop judgement in the selection of appropriate statistical techniques and interpret the results of statistical analysis.
This new edition has been fully revised and updated to include:
New content on business analytics Case studies demonstrating practical applications An extensive selection of new self-test questions Updated online teaching and learning resourcesStats Means Business is an ideal, accessible and practical introduction to statistics and quantitative research methods for hospitality, business and tourism students.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Numbers in business: The basics -- Presenting data -- Summarizing values of a single variable -- Summarizing bivariate data -- Assessing risk -- Putting probability to work -- Modelling populations -- Statistical decision-making -- Statistical Decision-making with bivariate data -- The role of data in business analytics -- Descriptive analytics -- Predictive analytics -- Prescriptive analytics -- Managing statistical research -- Appendix 1 - Statistical tables -- Appendix 2 - Answers to 'Test Yourself' questions.
"Stats Means Business is an introductory and comprehensive textbook written especially for Hospitality, Business and Tourism students who take statistics or quantitative methods modules. Stats Means Business is an ideal, accessible and practical introduction to statistics and quantitative research methods for Hospitality, Business and Tourism students"-- Provided by publisher.
MTU Cork Module MATH6065 - Supplementary reading.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
John Buglear and Elaine Chen work at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, where John teaches Statistics and Elaine teaches Business Analytics.