Quantitative methods for business and management. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Buglear.
• Other Names: Buglear, John
• Contents: Cover -- Quantitative Methods for Business and Management -- Contents -- List of self-assembly guides -- Introduction: the Quantitative Methods road map -- Guided tour -- Acknowledgements -- Rules of the road -- the basic techniques -- Introduction -- Quantitative methods, numbers and business -- What's in this book? -- Key arithmetical procedures -- Review questions -- Straight ahead -- linear models -- Reality check : Business use of break-even analysis and linear programming -- Introduction -- Linear equations -- Simultaneous equations -- Break-even analysis -- Inequalities Linear programming -- Review questions -- Around the bend -- dealing with the curves -- Reality check: Business use of the EOQ model -- Introduction -- Simple forms of non-linear equations -- Basic differential calculus -- The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) model -- Review questions -- Filling up -- fuelling quantitative analysis -- Reality check: Business use of tabulation -- Introduction -- Important statistical terms -- Sources of data -- Types of data -- Arranging data -- Review questions -- Good visibility -- pictorial presentation of data -- Reality check: Business use of pictorial presentation Introduction -- Displaying qualitative data -- Displaying quantitative data -- Portraying bivariate quantitative data -- Portraying time series data -- Review questions -- General directions -- summarising data -- Reality check: Business use of summary measures -- Introduction -- Measures of location -- Measures of spread -- Summary measures in quality management -- Review questions -- Two-way traffic -- investigating relationships between two variables using correlation and regression -- Reality check: Business use of quantitative bivariate analysis -- Introduction -- Correlation Simple linear regression -- Review questions -- Counting the cost -- summarising money variables over time -- Reality check: Business use of price indices and investment appraisal -- Introduction -- Index numbers -- Review questions -- Long distance -- analysing time series data -- Reality check: Business use of time series analysis and forecasting -- Introduction -- Components of time series -- Classical decomposition of time series data -- Exponential smoothing of time series data -- Review questions -- Is it worth the risk? -- introducing probability -- Reality check: Business use of probability Introduction -- Measuring probability -- The types of probability -- The rules of probability -- Tree diagrams -- Review questions -- Finding the right way -- analysing decisions -- Reality check: Business use of decision analysis -- Introduction -- Expectation -- Decision rules -- Review questions -- Accidents and incidence -- discrete probability distributions and simulation -- Reality check: Business use of discrete probability distributions and simulation -- Introduction -- Simple probability distributions -- The binomial distribution -- The Poisson distribution -- Simulating business processes
• Publisher Details: Harlow : Pearson
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 466 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 650.015195; Management -- Statistical methods; Commercial statistics; Gestion -- Méthodes statistiques; Commercial statistics; Management -- Statistical methods; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0273738127; 9780273738121
• Related ISBNs: 9780273736288; 0273736280
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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