Quantitative Methods for Business and Management, 1st edition

Published by FT Publishing International (June 21, 2012) © 2013

  • John Buglear Nottingham Trent University
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Title overview

·               Examples of where the tools in the Quantitative Methods tool-kit have been used in business organisations

·               Worked examples based on applications in the business world.

·               The methods are clearly explained in words before being represented mathematically.

·               Key techniques are summarised in step-by-step ‘Self assembly guides’.

·               Review Questions are provided for readers to test their understanding and these are graded according to difficulty.

Table of contents

  1. 1 Rules of the road; The basic techniques
  2. 2 Straight ahead - linear models
  3. 3 Around the bend - dealing with the curves
  4. 4 Filling up - fuelling quantitative analysis
  5. 5 Good visibility - pictorial presentation of data
  6. 6 General directions - summarising data
  7. 7 Two-way traffic - investigating relationships between two variables using correlation and regression
  8. Counting the cost - summarising money variables over time
  9. 9 Long distance - analysing time series data
  10. 10 Is it worth the risk - introducing probability
  11. 11 Finding the right way - analysing decisions
  12. 12 Accidents and incidence - discrete probability distributions and simulation
  13. 13 Smooth running - continuous probability distributions and basic queuing theory
  14. 14 Getting from A to B - project planning using networks
  15. 15 Taking short cuts - sampling methods
  16. 16 Test driving - sampling theory, estimation and hypothsis testing
  17. 17 High performance - statistical inference for comparing population means and bivariate data
  18. 18 Going off-road - managing quantitative research for projects and dissertations#

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