Quantitative Methods for Business, 5th edition

Published by Financial Times Press (March 17, 2011) © 2011

  • Donald Waters
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Quantitative Methods for Business has been thoroughly revised and updated for this 5th edition, and continues to provide a simple and practical introduction to an area that students can find difficult. The text takes a non-threatening approach to the subject, avoiding excessive mathematics and abstract theory. It shows how to apply quantitative ideas to the real problems faced by managers.

The text includes numerous exercises and examples that help students understand the relevance of quantitative ideas to business. Assuming no previous knowledge, the text provides complete coverage for a first course in quantitative methods.

Table of contents

Part One – Background

  1. 1 Managers and numbers
  2. 2 Calculations and equations
  3. 3 Drawing graphs

Part Two – Collecting and summarising data

  1. 4 Collecting data
  2. 5 Diagrams for presenting data
  3. 6 Using numbers to describe date
  4. 7 Describing changes with index numbers

Part Three - Solving management problems

  1. 8 Finance and performance
  2. 9 Regression and curve fitting
  3. 10 Forecasting
  4. 11 Linear Programming

Part Four - Introducing statistics

  1. 12 Uncertainty and probabilities
  2. 13 Probability distributions
  3. 14 Using samples
  4. 15 Testing hypotheses

Part Five - Management problems involving uncertainty

  1. 16 Making decisions
  2. 17 Quality management
  3. 18 Inventory management
  4. 19 Project management
  5. 20 Queues and simulation

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