Quantitative Methods for Business
Description
Quantitative Methods for Business has been thoroughly revised and updated for this5th edition, and continues to provide a simple and practical introduction to an area that students can find difficult. The book takes a non-threatening approach to the subject, avoiding excessive mathematics and abstract theory. It shows how to apply quantitative ideas to the real problems faced by managers.
The book includes numerous exercises and examples that help students understand the relevance of quantitative ideas to business. Assuming no previous knowledge, the text provides complete coverage for a first course in quantitative methods.
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Donald Waters is the author of many successful textbooks and is well known for his clarity of style. He was a professor of finance and operations management and now works in management analysis, research and education.
Content
Part One - Background
- 1 Managers and numbers
- 2 Calculations and equations
- 3 Drawing graphs
Part Two - Collecting and summarising data
- 4 Collecting data
- 5 Diagrams for presenting data
- 6 Using numbers to describe date
- 7 Describing changes with index numbers
Part Three - Solving management problems
- 8 Finance and performance
- 9 Regression and curve fitting
- 10 Forecasting
- 11 Linear Programming
Part Four - Introducing statistics
- 12 Uncertainty and probabilities
- 13 Probability distributions
- 14 Using samples
- 15 Testing hypotheses
Part Five - Management problems involving uncertainty
- 16 Making decisions
- 17 Quality management
- 18 Inventory management
- 19 Project management
- 20 Queues and simulation
