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About the Book

This book covers ten essential topics of statistics, with clear step-by-step illustrations of statistical tools and detailed examples. Readers could learn fundamental concepts of statistics and its applications. The ten essential topics are:

Prepare Your Numerical Mindset
Describe Your Ideas Using Diagrams
Describe Your Ideas Using Numbers
Sample for the Full Picture
Understand the Chance of Success
Estimate with Confidence
Test Your Beliefs – One Sample Case
Test Your Beliefs – Two Sample Case
Test Your Beliefs - More Than Two Sample Case
Examine Relationship Between Variables

About the Author

Michael C. M. Ng

Dr. Michael Ng obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration in Economics from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Master of Economics and Master of Statistics from The University of Hong Kong, Master of Science in Quantitative Finance from The University of London, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from The University of Leicester. He completed a Professional Certificate in Data Science from Harvard University. Dr Ng is a Fellow of Royal Statistical Society and Advanced Certified Professional Forecaster (ACPF). Dr. Ng has been teaching in several universities in Hong Kong for more than 10 years. He has developed a number of distance learning undergraduate economics courses for Economics, he is interested in teaching Macroeconomics, Labour Economics and Applied Econometrics.