Quantitative methods for business decisions
By: Curwin, Jon
Title By: Slater, Roger | Eadson, David
Publisher: Australia : Cengage Learning, c2013.Edition: 7th ed.Description: xv, 604 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9781408064986; 9781408060193Subject(s): Decision making -- Mathematical models | Mathematical statisticsDDC classification: 519.5024658 CU QU Online resources: Location Map| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 519.502465 SI PR Practical business statistics / | 519.502465 WI ES Essentials of contemporary business statistics : | 519.502465 WI ES Essentials of contemporary business statistics : | 519.5024658 CU QU Quantitative methods for business decisions | 519.5024658 KE MA Managerial statistic | 519.50285 DO TH Think stats / | 519.50285 DO TH Think stats / |
1 BASIC MATHEMATICS. 1A. Mathematical Background. 1B. Financial Mathematics. Part 1: UNDERSTANDING QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION. 2. The quantitative approach. 3. Managing data. 4. Survey methods. Part 2: DESCRIBING DATA. 5. Presentation of data. 6. Measures of location. 7. Measures of dispersion. 8. Index numbers. Part 3: MEASURING UNCERTAINTY. 9. Probability. 10. Discrete probability distributions. 11. The Normal distribution. Part 4: USING STATISTICAL INFERENCE. 12. Samples, Estimation and Confidence intervals. 13. Significance testing. 14. Non-parametric tests. Part 5: RELATING VARIABLES AND PREDICTING OUTCOMES. 15. Correlation and simple regression analysis. 16. Multiple Regression Analysis. 17. Time series.
Provides students with all the tools they need to pass the typical Quantitative Methods course. In this book, each chapter focuses on a selection of statistical techniques, illustrated with examples from across business, marketing, economics, finance, and public administration, to appeal to students across the business spectrum.