Description
This book has been developed for a one-semester course frequently attended by students in statistics, economics, business, engineering, and quantitative social sciences. A unique feature of this edition is its integration with the R computing environment. Basic applied statistics is assumed through a couple of regression. Calculus is assumed only to the level of minimizing sums of squares but a calculus-primarily based introduction to stats is essential for a thorough working out of probably the most theory. Actual time series data drawn from more than a few disciplines are used all the way through the book to illustrate the methodology.