Statistics in Finance (With CD)

Contents: 1. Introduction of finance. 2. Regression. 3. Measures of central tendency. 4. Measures of dispersion. 5. Analysis of leverages. 6. Budgetary control. 7. Probability and finance. 8. Permutations. 9. Combinations. 10. Probability theories.

Statistics in finance refer to the systematic empirical investigation of statistical properties and phenomena and their relationships. The objective of is to develop and employ mathematical the process of measurement is central to quantitative research because it provides the fundamental connection between empirical observation and mathematical expression of statistical relationships. Statistics used widely in social sciences such as sociology anthropology and political science. Research in mathematical sciences such as physics is also statistical by definition though this use of the term differs in context. Statistics produce information only on the particular cases studied and any more general conclusions are only hypotheses. The book has been written after a detailed study of concepts and assumptions of subject matter. (jacket)