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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151650003321

Autore

Gough Leo

Titolo

The Financial Times guide to business numeracy : how to check the figures for yourself / / Leo Gough

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Financial Times Prentice Hall, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-73351-X

0-273-75017-8

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 222 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Financial Times guides

Disciplina

650.01/513

Soggetti

Business mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Dealing with large amounts of information : how to summarise and describe it -- Analysing large amounts of information : market surveys, polls and social behaviour -- Charts : presenting the data -- Forecasting : time series analysis and regression analysis -- Key decision-making tools -- Finance and investment -- The stock markets : some theories and techniques -- Probability -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Whether you need to understand other people’s calculations to make confident business decisions, or formulate investment choices based on your own numbers, this book will give you the tools you need.  Banks and financial institutions, businesses and politicians often spin their statistics as they know they can rely on customers or constituents not to understand or check maths and formulas.  This book introduces you to the basic tools of maths, statistics and business calculations so that that you can understand the numbers, work out your own calculations and make better investing, saving and business decisions.