Data science for business and decision making /

Data Science for Business and Decision Making covers both statistics and operations research while most competing textbooks focus on one or the other. As a result, the book more clearly defines the principles of business analytics for those who want to apply quantitative methods in their work. Its e...

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Main Authors: Fávero, Luiz Paulo (Author), Belfiore, Patrícia Prado (Author)
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom : Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2019. ©
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Foundations of Business Data Analysis
  • 1. Introduction to Data Analysis and Decision Making
  • 2. Type of Variables and Mensuration Scales
  • Part 2: Descriptive Statistics
  • 3. Univariate Descriptive Statistics
  • 4. Bivariate Descriptive Statistics
  • Part 3: Probabilistic Statistics
  • 5. Introduction of Probability
  • 6. Random Variables and Probability Distributions
  • Part 4: Statistical Inference
  • 7. Sampling
  • 8. Estimation
  • 9. Hypothesis Tests
  • 10. Non-parametric Tests
  • Part 5: Multivariate Exploratory Data Analysis
  • 11. Cluster Analysis
  • 12. Principal Components Analysis and Factorial Analysis
  • Part 6: Generalized Linear Models
  • 13. Simple and Multiple Regression Models
  • 14. Binary and Multinomial Logistics Regression Models
  • 15. Regression Models for Count Data: Poisson and Negative Binomial
  • Part 7: Optimization Models and Simulation
  • 16. Introduction to Optimization Models: Business Problems Formulations and Modeling
  • 17. Solution of Linear Programming Problems
  • 18. Network Programming
  • 19. Integer Programming
  • 20. Simulation and Risk Analysis Part 8: Other Topics
  • 21. Design and Experimental Analysis
  • 22. Statistical Process Control
  • 23. Data Mining and Multilevel Modeling.