Quantitative methods for business / Donald Waters.
Material type: TextPublication details: Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2001.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvii, 630p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780273646945 (pbk.) :
- 027364694X (pbk.)
- 658.403 WAT
- HF5691
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Previous ed.: Harlow: Addison-Wesley, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-598) and index.
Part one.Background to quantitative methods -- 1.Numbers and managers -- 2.Tools for quantitative methods -- Part two.Data collection and description -- 3.Collecting data -- 4.Using diagrams to present data -- 5.Using numbers to describe data -- 6.Describing changes with index numbers -- Part three. Solving business problems -- 7.Calculations with money -- 8.Relating variables by regression -- 9.Business forecasting -- 10.Planning with linear programming -- 11.Using calculus to describe changes -- Part four. Business statistics -- 12.Uncertainty and probabilities -- 13.Probability distributions -- 14.Using samples in business -- 15.Testing hypotheses -- Part five.Business problems with uncertainty -- 16.Analysing business decisions -- 17.Controlling stocks -- 18.Planning projects with networks -- 19.Queues and simulation.
Taking a non-threatening, non-theoretical approach to a subject students often find difficult, this book avoids rigorous mathematics and concentrates on applying quantitative ideas to the work situation.