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Quantitative Methods Les Oakshott

Quantitative Methods By Les Oakshott

Quantitative Methods by Les Oakshott


Summary

Offering a student-friendly introduction to quantitative methods, this text covers all of the need to know basics in a clear and engaging manner. Quantitative Methods is an ideal text for students of all levels coming to the subject for first time.

Quantitative Methods Summary

Quantitative Methods by Les Oakshott

Offering a student-friendly introduction to quantitative methods, this text covers all of the need to know basics in a clear and engaging manner. Quantitative Methods is an ideal text for students of all levels coming to the subject for first time.

About Les Oakshott

Les Oakshott is Associate Fellow of Warwick Business School, UK. He has worked in industry and education and has wide experience of applying teaching quantitative methods in a business context. He is also the author of Essential Quantitative Methods for Business, Management and Finance (5th edition published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012).

Table of Contents

PART I: MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS.- 1. Revision Mathematics.- 2. Keeping up with Change: Index Numbers.- PART II: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING DATA.- 3. Collecting Data: Surveys and Samples.- 4. Finding Patterns in Data: Charts and Tables.- 5. Making Sense of Data: Averages and Measures of Spread.- PART III: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS.- 6. Taking a Chance: Probability.- 7. The Shape of Data: Probability Distributions.- 8. Interpreting with Confidence: Analysis of Sample Data.- 9. Checking Ideas: Testing a Hypothesis.- 10. Cause and Effect: Correlation and Regression .- PART IV: DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES.- 11. Choosing Wisely: Investment Appraisal.- 12. Forecasting: Time Series Analysis.- 13. Making the Most of Things: Linear Programming.- 14. Planning Large Projects: Critical Path Analysis.- Appendices.- Index.

Additional information

GOR010939548
9781137340856
1137340851
Quantitative Methods by Les Oakshott
Used - Like New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2014-06-24
252
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