The Numerate Leader: How to Pull Game-Changing Insights from Statistical Data

ISBN-13: 9781119843283 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 288 str.

Thomas a. King

Spis treści

Preface vii1. Numeracy 12. Zero [0] 133. Sample size [n] 254. Sample mean [x] 395. Sample standard deviation [s] 536. Normal distribution [N(x,s)] 677. z-score [z] 838. Correlation coefficient [r] 979. Coefficient of determination [r²] 11110. Population mean [mu] 12111. Central Limit Theorem [CLT] 13512. Standard error [s/ square root n] 14713. Null hypothesis [H0] 16314. p-value [p] 17915. Slope [r(sY/sX)] 19116. Causation 20517. Science 22118. Questions 231Appendix A - Glossary 241Appendix B - Ten math facts numerate people should know 253References 263About the author 267Index 269

O autorze

THOMAS A. KING, chair of the Department of Accountancy at Case Western Reserve University, worked for thirty years in various marketing, accounting, and financial roles at Progressive Insurance and, prior to that, worked on the audit staff of Arthur Andersen & Co. in New York. He is the author of More Than a Numbers Game: A Brief History of Accounting. The Numerate Leader is the book he wishes he had been given at the start of his career.