Quantitative methods for business and management / / John Buglear

• Autore: Buglear John
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 466 p. ) : ill
• Disciplina: 650.015195
• Soggetto topico: Management - Statistical methods
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of self-assembly guides Guided tour Introduction: the Quantitative Methods road map Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Rules of the road: The basic techniques Chapter 2 Straight ahead - linear models Chapter 3 Around the bend - dealing with the curves Chapter 4 Filling up - fuelling quantitative analysis Chapter 5 Good visibility - pictorial presentation of data Chapter 6 General directions - summarising data Chapter 7 Two-way traffic - investigating relationships between two variables using correlation and regression Chapter 8 Counting the cost - summarising money variables over time Chapter 9 Long distance - analysing time series data Chapter 10 Is it worth the risk - introducing probability Chapter 11 Finding the right way - analysing decisions Chapter 12 Accidents and incidence - discrete probability distributions and simulation Chapter 13 Smooth running - continuous probability distributions and basic queuing theory Chapter 14 Getting from A to B - project planning using networks Chapter 15 Taking short cuts - sampling methods Chapter 16 Test driving - sampling theory, estimation and hypothsis testing Chapter 17 High performance - statistical inference for comparing population means and bivariate data Chapter 18 Going off-road - managing quantitative research for projects and dissertations# Appendix 1 Statistical and Accounting tables Appendix 2 Answers to review questions Index
• Sommario/riassunto: With a user-friendly accessible writing style, John Buglear presents these techniques simply and provides numerous examples to enable you to relate the theory to real-life applications.
• Titolo autorizzato: Quantitative methods for business and management
• ISBN: 9780273738121 (electronic book); 1-280-78120-3; 0-273-73812-7; 9786613691590
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910150224003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Always learning.