Essential Quantitative Methods

Sommario

I - BACKGROUND IDEAS.  
1. Numbers and Managers.  
2. Tools for Quantitative Methods.  
II - COLLECTING AND DESCRIBING DATA.  
3. Collecting Data. 
4. Using Diagrams to Present Data. 
5. Using Numbers to Describe Data.
III - SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS.  
6. Calculations with Money. 
7. Relating Variables by Regression.  
8. Business Forecasting.  
9. Some Other Types of  Problems.  
IV - BUSINESS STATISTICS.  
10. Uncertainty and Probabilities. 
11. Probability Distributions. 
12. Sampling and Testing. 
13. Some Other Uses of Probabilities.

Riassunto

This text gives students an appreciation of the way that quantitative ideas are used by managers. It takes students as gently as possible through the basic material, emphasizing the ideas rather than the arithmetic. With a strong focus on the real-world this student-friendly text illustrates how quantitative concepts and ideas can be put into practice.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Donald Waters
• Editore: Pearson Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.1998
• EAN: 9780201331370
• ISBN: 978-0-201-33137-0
• Pagine: 334
• Peso: 970 g
• Serie: Addison-Wesley; Addison-Wesley
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie