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Quantitative methods for business studies / Richard Thomas.

By: Thomas, Richard.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Prentice Hall, 1997Description: xiv, 517 p. : ill. ; 24 cm + pbk.ISBN: 0132311194; 9780132311199.Subject(s): Commercial statistics | Mathematics | Business & Management | Business mathematics & systems | Probability & statisticsDDC classification: 519.5 | 650.01513 THO
Contents:
Summary statistics -- Probability and decisions -- Relationships -- Financial mathematics -- Index numbers -- Forecasting -- Inventory control -- Linear programming -- Simulation techniques -- Project management.
Summary: This book covers a comprehensive range of topics in quantitative methods for business students. The opening chapters introduce basic statistical concepts which are used in later chapters in business and management applications.
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A comprehensive range of topics in quantitative methods for business students are covered in this book. Basic statistical concepts are examined and these are used in later chapters in business and management applications. A step-by-step approach is applied, with introductory short illustrations introducing a real situation. The text then develops the required techniques by using a range of worked examples and student exercises. Every chapter includes a section on computer applications and computer exercises, where a range of software including Lotus, Excel, SPSS and Microsoft Project are demonstrated as applied to the specific topics. A disk, cross-referenced to file names included in the margins of the text, is available separately to lecturers and students, and provides examples and exercises on Excel and Lotus spreadsheets for each of the main topics covered. @HE: Features @FE: N 2-colour text design highlights short case illustrations, numerous graded exercises and graded worked examples that use these illustrations N each chapter includes computer applications, featuring Lotus, Excel, and SPSS for Window

Includes index.

Summary statistics -- Probability and decisions -- Relationships -- Financial mathematics -- Index numbers -- Forecasting -- Inventory control -- Linear programming -- Simulation techniques -- Project management.

This book covers a comprehensive range of topics in quantitative methods for business students. The opening chapters introduce basic statistical concepts which are used in later chapters in business and management applications.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Summary Statistics
  • 2 Probability and Decisions
  • 3 Relationships
  • 4 Financial Mathematics
  • 5 Index Numbers
  • 6 Forecasting
  • 7 Inventory Control
  • 8 Linear Programming
  • 9 Simulation Techniques
  • 10 Project Management
  • Appendix
  • Basic Mathematics