Statistics for Economics, Second Edition

Index

Accepted zero, definition of, 4

Adjacent line, 29

Alternative hypothesis, 148–151

    determining, 148–149

    for single mean, 149–150

Arithmetic mean, 32

    vs. geometric and harmonic mean, 41

Association, measures of. See Measures of association

Average.See Mean

Average error, 51, 79

 

Bar graphs, 10–13

Bell curve.See Normal distribution

Binomial distribution function, 115

Box plot, 28–30

 

Categorical data.See Nominal data

Categorical variables.See Qualitative variables

Catplot, 12–13

Census, 105

Center of gravity, 78

Central limit theorem, 111

Central tendency, measures of. See Measures of central tendency

Ceteris paribus, 167

Chebyshev’s theorem, 69–71

Chi-squared (χ²) distribution functions, 99–100

Coefficient of variation (CV), ...