Research Guides: Business Analytics: Background

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Dictionaries & Handbooks

A Practical Guide to Data Mining for Business and Industry by Andrea Ahlemeyer-Stubbe; Shirley Coleman
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781118763377
Publication Date: 2014
Practical Data Mining for Business presents a user-friendly approach to data mining methods, covering the typical uses to which it is applied.
Introduction to Quantitative Data Analysis in the Behavioral and Social Sciences by Michael J. Albers
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781119290216
Publication Date: 2017
Guides readers through the quantitative data analysis process including contextualizing data within a research situation, connecting data to the appropriate statistical tests, and drawing valid conclusions.
Encyclopedia of Database Systems by M. Tamer Özsu (Editor); Ling Liu (Editor)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780387399409
Publication Date: 2009
This multi-volume reference work serves as a gateway to information on all aspects of very large databases.

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Search these dictionaries for quick definitions to terms in economics, statistics, business and more. Some of the most useful titles include: A Dictionary of Business Research Methods, A Dictionary of Finance and Banking, and A Dictionary of Statistics.

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Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society by Robert W. Kolb (Editor)
Call Number: HF5387 .E53 2008 (Knight Reference)
ISBN: 9781412916523
Publication Date: 2008
This encyclopedia contains entries describing social and ethical aspects of business, and the theory of business ethics.
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics by Steven N. Durlauf; Lawrence E. Blume
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9780333786765
Publication Date: 2008
Consists of over 1,900 entries, this is the definitive scholarly reference work for a new economists.