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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153183203321

Autore

Dubey Umeshkumar

Titolo

Quantitative techniques in business, management and finance : a case-study approach / / Umeshkumar Dubey, Tulsiramji Gaikwad-Patil College of Engineering and Technology Nagpur, Maharashtra State, India, D P Kothari, S B Jain Institute of Technolog

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-315-35007-6

1-315-36718-1

1-4987-6947-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (503 pages)

Disciplina

650.072/1

Soggetti

Business enterprises - Finance

Decision making - Methodology

Quantitative research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A Chapman and Hall Book--cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Quantitative decision making : an overview -- 2. Arranging data -- 3. Measures of central tendency -- 4. Measures of variation and skewness -- 5. Probability theory -- 6. Statistical decision theory -- 7. Linear programming and problem formulation -- 8. Sampling theory -- 9. Hypothesis testing -- 10. The chi-square tests -- 11. Business forecasting -- 12. Correlation analysis -- 13. Regression analysis -- 14. Time series analysis -- 15. Research methodology -- 16. Case studies for highlighting quantitative techniques -- 17. Multiple choice questions with answers and necessary explanation.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is especially relevant to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers studying quantitative techniques as part of business, management and finance. It is an interdisciplinary book that covers all major topics involved at the interface between business and management on the one hand and mathematics and statistics on the other. Managers and others in industry and commerce who wish to obtain a working knowledge of quantitative techniques will also find



this book useful.