Quantitative Methods

by Les Oakshott

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137340856
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/24/2014
Series:	Macmillan Business Briefing , #5
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	252
Product dimensions:	12.40(w) x 17.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

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).
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.