Essential quantitative methods for business, management and finance. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Les Oakshott.
• Authors: Oakshott, Les
• Contents: PART I: MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS; 1. Revision Mathematics; 2. Keeping up with Change: Index Numbers; PART II: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING DATA; 3. Collecting Data: Surveys and Samples; 4. Finding Patterns in Data: Charts and Tables; 5. Making Sense of Data: Averages and Measures of Spread; PART III: PROBABILITY& STATISTICS; 6. Taking a Chance: Probability; 7. The Shape of Data: Probability Distributions; 8. Interpreting with Confidence: Analysis of Sample Data; 9. Checking Ideas: Testing a Hypothesis; 10. Cause and Effect: Correlation and Regression; PART IV: DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES; 11. How to make Good Decisions; 12. Choosing wisely: Investment Appraisal; 13. Forecasting: Time Series Analysis; 14. Making the Most of Things: Linear Programming; 15. Planning Large Projects: Network Analysis; 16. Managing Stock Levels: Materials Management and Inventory Control
• Edition: Sixth edition
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxxi, 440 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 650.0151; Business mathematics; Accounting/Financial; Business Mathematics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137518569; 1137518561
• Related ISBNs: 9781137518552
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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