REQUIRED READINGS IN TEXTBOOK AND REFERENCE

BOOK, FALL 2022

The following two books are used as primary reading for the course:
1. Anderson, D. R., Sweeney, D. J. & Williams, T. A. (2020). Statistics for Business
and Economics (14th ed.). Cengage Learning. (Book 1)
2. Alwan, L. C., Craig, B. A. & McCabe, G. P. (2020). The Practice of Statistics for
Business and Economics (5th ed.). W.H. Freeman & Company. (Book 2)

Lecture Assigned Readings

Review + Paired Samples t-test
Inference about one population
variance
Inference about two population
variances
One-way Analysis of Variance
Multiple comparisons (Post hoc
Tests); Introduction to case study
Two-way Factorial Analysis of
Variance
Non-parametric tests 1
Non-parametric tests 2
Chi-squared tests
Simple Linear Regression
To review the concepts of the previous
‘Probability and Statistics’ course, please
read the relevant chapters in Book 1 as
necessary.
Book 1: Chapter 10, section 10.3
Book 1: Chapter 11, section 11.1
Book 1: Chapter 11, section 11.2
Book 1: Chapter 13, section 13.1, 13.2
Book 2: Chapter 9
Book 2: Chapter 9
Book 2: Chapter 16
Book 1: Chapter 18, section 18.3, 18.4
Book 2: Chapter 17
Book 1: Chapter 18, section 18.1, 18.2
Book 2: Chapter 17
Book 1: Chapter 12
Book 1: Chapter 14

Note: The above table presents the required readings for the course. You should do
further reading on other relevant chapters of the textbooks and reference books if time
permits. Besides, you should only print out the relevant chapters of the books.