Quantitative Methods for Business, 5th edition

Published by FT Publishing International (July 21, 2011) © 2011

  • Donald Waters
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Title overview

Hallmark Features

  • Worked examples illustrate the principles discussed
  • 'Ideas in practice' sections show how methods are actually used
  • Covers a broad range of materials relevant to managers and students
  • Case studies at the end of every chapter consolidate learning objectives
  • Extensive pedagogical features, including self-assessment problems, chapter outlines and summaries, review questions and suggested research projects

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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