Quantitative Methods
An Active Learning Approach
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
890 pages
978-0-631-19537-5 (ISBN)
Description
Quantitative Methods is part of a new national programme of highly developed texts and modules for undergraduate business programmes, to be published by Blackwell Business in association with the Open Learning Foundation.
The text introduces a knowledge of quantitative methods which will enable students to process numerical information of the type and style found in the business environment. It emphasizes the practical application of quantitative methods to business decision-making.
A rudimentary knowledge of mathematics is assumed, but an additional unit is included on basic mathematics which is suitable for those students who enroll on a business studies course without formal mathematics qualifications.
Topics covered include:
Foundation mathematics.
Data presentation.
Regression and correlation analysis.
Probability.
Sampling theory.
Index numbers and time series.
The text introduces a knowledge of quantitative methods which will enable students to process numerical information of the type and style found in the business environment. It emphasizes the practical application of quantitative methods to business decision-making.
A rudimentary knowledge of mathematics is assumed, but an additional unit is included on basic mathematics which is suitable for those students who enroll on a business studies course without formal mathematics qualifications.
Topics covered include:
Foundation mathematics.
Data presentation.
Regression and correlation analysis.
Probability.
Sampling theory.
Index numbers and time series.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 47 mm
Weight
1503 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-631-19537-5 (9780631195375)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Graham Hackett is Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods at the University of Glamorgan.
David Caunt is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Wolverhampton.
David Caunt is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Wolverhampton.
Content
1. Basic Mathematics. 2. Business Mathematics.
3. Data Presentation.
4. Linear Programming.
5. Regression and Correlation.
6. Probability.
7. Probability Distributions.
8. Sampling.
9. Index Numbers and Time Series.
3. Data Presentation.
4. Linear Programming.
5. Regression and Correlation.
6. Probability.
7. Probability Distributions.
8. Sampling.
9. Index Numbers and Time Series.