Maths and Statistics for the Built Environment

This text provides a solid introductory grounding in the key mathematical and quantitative concepts required by those studying Built Environment courses. Each chapter is sub-divided into sections covering a specific mathematical area. Coverage includes: introduction to data, tables and charts, averages, measures of dispersion, skewness, probability, normal distribution, the two main applications of the normal distribution in the building industry, sampling, time series, quality control, correlation and regression, index numbers, financial mathematics, angles and bearings, trigonometry, areas and volumes and scale and similarity. The "Essential Maths for Students" series provides the fundamental mathematical and statistical techniques required by students entering Higher Education" in a wide range of courses. Reflecting the needs of both student and lecturer, each text assumes little previous mathematical knowledge and is designed to raise the reader's proficiency to the level required by today's courses.