Statistics For Business and Social Sciences: Az'lina Abdul Hadi, Che Norhalila Che Mohamed, Nora Mohd Basir and et al (2026)
Statistics For Business and Social Sciences: Az'lina Abdul Hadi, Che Norhalila Che Mohamed, Nora Mohd Basir and et al (2026)

This concise and approachable introduction to statistics for students pursuing undergraduate courses in business and social sciences. This book presents not only the fundamentals and concepts of the subjects in an easy-to-understand way but also step-by-step instruction on statistical techniques and formulas, which can be put into practice. The contents of this book are spread over fi¬ve chapters: (1) introduction to statistics, (2) descriptive statistics, (3) estimation, (4) hypothesis testing and (5) correlation and regression.


Key Features:

  • Text is written in clear simple language with diagrams illustrated to help the learning process and promote the understanding of the issues involved.
  • Step-by-step procedures on problem solving based on the statistical methods.
  • Ends with an exercise to practice students' understanding of the concepts and theories.

ISBN 978-967-2711-24-7 – Contents in 4-colour

About the Authors

Az’lina Abdul Hadi
Az’lina Abdul Hadi is a Statistics lecturer at the Centre of Statistical and Decision Sciences Studies, College of Computing, Informatics and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan. She has been teaching statistics since 2010 and supervises postgraduate as well as undergraduate students. She holds B.Sc in Statistics from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam and M.Sc in Applied Statistics from Universiti Putra Malaysia. She has published several papers in her area of specialisation. Her main areas of research interests are Statistical Modelling, Applied Statistics in Social Sciences, Nonparametric Statistics and Experimental Design.
Che Norhalila Che Mohamed
Che Norhalila Che Mohamed is a Statistics lecturer at the Centre of Statistical and Decision Sciences Studies, College of Computing, Informatics and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan. She has been teaching and supervising undergraduate statistics students since 2010. She obtained her Diploma in Statistics, Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Statistics and Master of Science in Applied Statistics from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. Her main areas of research interests are Statistical Modelling, Experimental Design and Sampling Methods.
Nora Mohd Basir
Nora Mohd Basir is a Statistics lecturer at the Centre of Statistical and Decision Sciences Studies, College of Computing, Informatics and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan and specialises in applied statistics. She has been teaching statistics to undergraduate students since 2008. She obtained her Diploma in Statistics and Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Statistics from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. Also Master Applied Statistics from University of Malaya. Her previous research was more on education which focused on improving knowledge management. Her interests and publications are more on interdisciplinary research in applied statistics.
Nornadiah Mohd Razali
Nornadiah Mohd Razali is a Statistics lecturer at the Centre of Statistical and Decision Sciences Studies, College of Computing, Informatics and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan. She has been teaching and supervising undergraduate statistics students since 2010. She obtained her Diploma in Statistics, Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Statistics and Master of Science in Applied Statistics from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. Her main areas of research interests are Statistical Modelling, Applied Statistics, Statistical Computing (SAS Programming) and Experimental Design.
Nuralina Azlan
Nuralina Azlan is a Statistics lecturer at the Centre of Statistical and Decision Sciences Studies, College of Computing, Informatics and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARA Negeri Sembilan. She has been teaching statistics since 2011 and supervises undergraduate students. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Statistics and Master of Science in Applied Statistics from Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam. Her main areas of research interests are Statistical Modelling, Applied Statistics and Multivariate Analysis.

Table of Contents

About the Authors
Synopsis
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics
Chapter 2 Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 3 Estimation
Chapter 4 Hypothesis Testing 
Chapter 5 Correlation and Regression
Compilation of Answers
Statistical Tables
Table 1 Percentage Points of the Normal Distribution
Table 2 Percentage Points of the t Distribution
Table 3 Percentage Points of the χ2 Distribution
Table 4 Percentage Points of the F Distribution
References
Index

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