Quantitative methods for business decisions

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Title:

Author:

Curwin, Jon.

ISBN:

9781861525314

Personal Author:

Curwin, Jon.

Edition:

5th ed.

Publication Information:

London : Thomson Learning, 2002.

Physical Description:

xiii, 682 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

General Note:

"Additional web material at www.thomsonlearning.co.uk"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes index.

Contents:

Quantitative information. The quantitative approach. Managing data. Survey methods. Presentation of data -- Descriptive statistics. Measures of location. Measures of dispersion. Index numbers -- Measuring uncertainty. Probability. Discrete probability distributions. The Normal distribution -- Statistical inference. Confidence intervals. Significance testing. Non-parametric tests -- Relating variables and predicting outcomes. Time series. Correlation. Regression. Multiple regression and correlation -- Modelling. The time value of money. Linear programming. Networks. Modelling stock control and queues. Simulation -- Mathematical background. Mathematical relationships. Matrices. Use of calculus. Cumulative binomial probabilities -- Cumulative Poisson Probabilities -- Areas in the right-hand tail of the Normal distribution -- Student's t critical points -- [chi][superscript 2] critical values -- Present value factors -- Mann-Whitney test statistic -- Wilcoxon text statistic -- Runs test -- Durbin-Watson statistic -- Random number table.

Abstract:

This clear, accurate and comprehensive textbook has 25 chapters divided into 7 study areas, each chapter focusing on a selection of techniques illustrated with examples from business, finance, marketing, economics, accounting and public administration.

Subject Term:

Business mathematics.

Statistics.

Matemáticas financieras.

Estadística.

Added Author:

Slater, Roger.

Electronic Access:

http://www.thomsonlearning.co.uk/

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Summary

This comprehensive text, now in its fifth edition, teaches the reader how to apply the most widely used statistical methods in business. The book gives you the how, what, where, when and why of numbers and statistics.The book has twenty-five chapters divided into seven study areas. Each chapter focuses on a selection of techniques, illustrated with examples from business, marketing, economics, accounting, finance, and public administration.This is viewed as the clearest, most accurate and comprehensive book available in the field of quantitative methods. Now in line with the latest Excel developments, the book should cover the syllabus for a quantitative methods course, at least the first two years of a business related degree course, and serve as a core text for professional examinations, and MBA courses.