Quantitative methods : for business, management and finance
By: Swift, Louise
Title By: Piff, Sally
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BookPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.Edition: 4th ed.Description: xxii, 704 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN: 9781137376558; 1137376554Program: OPS912Subject(s): Industrial management -- Statistical methods | Commercial statisticsDDC classification: 658.0015195 Online resources: Location Map | Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 658.0015195 SW QU (Browse shelf) | Available | T0057469 | ||
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Previous edition: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I: ESSENTIAL MATHS.- 1. Numbers and Symbols.- 2. Simplifying Expressions.- 3. Solving Problems.- 4. Modelling Using Straight Lines.- PART II: MORE MATHS.- 5. Some Special Equations.- 6. Modelling Using Curves.- 7. Rates of Change.- PART III: DESCRIBING DATA.- 8. Pictures of Data.- 9. Summarising Data.- PART IV: PROBABILITY.- 10. Measuring Uncertainty.- 11. Numerical Outcomes.- 12. Continuous Numerical Outcomes.- 13. Some More Probability Distributions.- PART V: STATISTICS.- 14. Estimation.- 15. Testing Hypotheses.- 16. Correlation and Regression.- 17. Comparing Two Populations.- 18. Nonparametric methods.- 19. Categorical Data.- 20. Forecasting.- 21. Statistics in Practice.- PART VI: BUSINESS MODELLING.- 22. Linear Programming Models.- 23. Planning Projects.- 24. Models for Inventory Control.- 25. Time and Money.- 26. Decision Making.- 27. Simulating Reality.- 28. Controlling Quality.- PART VII: STATISTICAL TABLES.- 29. Cumulative Binomial Probabilities.- 30. Cumulative Standard Normal Probabilities.- 31. Percentage Points of the Standard Normal Distribution.- 32. Random Digits.- 33. Percentage Points of the t Distribution.- 34. Percentage Points of the x2 Distribution.
Quantitative Methods is a comprehensive guide to the techniques any student of business or finance is likely to need. The authors' highly successful learning-by-doing approach, coupled with the clear structure of the text, make the acquisition of essential mathematical skills achievable and even enjoyable.
OPS912