Quantitative Methods for Business
The A to Z of QM
- 1st Edition - September 30, 2004
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: John Buglear
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 4 0 6 - 9
Quantitative Methods for Business: The A-Z of QM will enable readers to:*Appreciate the significance of quantitative methods for businesses and the study of business*U… Read more
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Request a sales quoteQuantitative Methods for Business: The A-Z of QM will enable readers to:
*Appreciate the significance of quantitative methods for businesses and the study of business
*Understand and apply a wide range of quantitative techniques
*Select appropriate quantitative techniques for data analysis, problem solving and decision making
*Interpret and communicate the results of quantitative analysis
*Appreciate the significance of quantitative methods for businesses and the study of business
*Understand and apply a wide range of quantitative techniques
*Select appropriate quantitative techniques for data analysis, problem solving and decision making
*Interpret and communicate the results of quantitative analysis
- The writing style of the text is clear and easy-to-read and follow .
- Each chapter includes guidance on using Excel, Minitab and SPSS to produce the analysis described and provides worked examples and review questions.
- Model solutions are provided throughout.
First and second year undergraduate courses in Quantitative Methods.
Setting off; Getting linear models straight; Dealing with curves without going round the bend; Filling up - fuelling quantitative analysis; Good visibility - pictorial presentation of data; General directions - summarising data; Two-way traffic - summarising and representing relationships between two variables; Counting the cost - summarising money variables over time; Long distance - analysing time series; Is it worth the risk? - introducing probability; Finding the right way - analysing decisions; Accidents and incidence - discrete probability distributions; Smooth running - continuous probability distributions and basic queuing theory; Getting from A to B - project planning using networks; Taking short cuts - sampling methods; Test driving - sampling theory, estimation and hypothesis testing; High performance - statistical inference for comparing population means and bivariate data; Going off road - managing quantitative research for projects and dissertations; Appendix 1: Statistical and accounting tables; Appendix 2: Answers and selected worked solutions to review questions; References.
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 30, 2004
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080474069
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John Buglear
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer in Statistics and Operational Research, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University.