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Quantative Approaches in Business Studies/ Clare Morris, 2012

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow,England: Prentice Hall, 2012Edition: 8th edDescription: xxi,520p,; ill.: 26cmISBN:
  • 9780273738725
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD30.215 M875 2012
Contents:
Introduction: Why quantitative methods? Part 1 NUMBERS how we handle them 1 Tools of the trade: basic numeracy skills Part 2 NUMBERS a means of communication 2 Obtaining the figures: data and data collection 3 Presenting the figures: tables and diagrams 4 Summarizing the figures: measures of location and spread 5 Measuring changes: index numbers Part 3 NUMBERS a basis for deduction 6 A firm foundation: elementary probability 7 Patterns of probability: some distributions 8 Estimating from samples: inference 9 Checking a theory: hypothesis testing 10 Making it better: statistics and quality improvement 11 Looking for connections: correlation 12 Spotting the relationship: line fitting 13 Multiple regression Part 4 NUMBERS a tool of planning 14 Planning an inventory policy: stock control and simulation 15 Forecasting: time-series, semi-log graphs and exponential smoothing 16 Allowing for interest: financial mathematics 17 Planning production levels: linear programming 18 Planning a project: network analysis 19 Quantitative methods in the student research project
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Introduction: Why quantitative methods? Part 1 NUMBERS how we handle them 1 Tools of the trade: basic numeracy skills Part 2 NUMBERS a means of communication 2 Obtaining the figures: data and data collection 3 Presenting the figures: tables and diagrams 4 Summarizing the figures: measures of location and spread 5 Measuring changes: index numbers Part 3 NUMBERS a basis for deduction 6 A firm foundation: elementary probability 7 Patterns of probability: some distributions 8 Estimating from samples: inference 9 Checking a theory: hypothesis testing 10 Making it better: statistics and quality improvement 11 Looking for connections: correlation 12 Spotting the relationship: line fitting 13 Multiple regression Part 4 NUMBERS a tool of planning 14 Planning an inventory policy: stock control and simulation 15 Forecasting: time-series, semi-log graphs and exponential smoothing 16 Allowing for interest: financial mathematics 17 Planning production levels: linear programming 18 Planning a project: network analysis 19 Quantitative methods in the student research project