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Quantitative methods for business / Donald Waters.
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TextPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 2001.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xvii, 630 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 027364694X (pbk.)
- 9780273646945 (pbk.)
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 650.015 WAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 30026000065903 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text concentrates on helping students understand the relevance of quantitative methods to business life and covers all the topics taught on a first course in quantitative methods. For this edition, cases, examples and data have been updated and there are more international examples.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 594-598) and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part I Background To Quantitative Methods
- 1 Numbers and managers
- 2 Tools for quantitative methods
- Part II Data Collection and Description
- 3 Collecting data
- 4 Using diagrams to present data
- 5 Using numbers to describe data
- 6 Describing changes with index numbers
- Part III Solving Business Problems
- 7 Calculations with money
- 8 Relating variables by regression
- 9 Business forecasting
- 10 Using matrices to solve equations
- 11 Planning with linear programming
- 12 Using calculus to describe changes
- Part IV Business Statistics
- 13 Uncertainty and probabilities
- 14 Probability distributions
- 15 Using samples in business
- 16 Testing hypotheses
- Part V
- 17 Analysing business decisions
- 18 Controlling stocks
- 19 Planning projects with networks
- 20 Queues and simulation
- Appendices