TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morris,Clare
TI  - Quantitative approaches in business studies
SN  - 0273738631
U1  - 658.4033 22
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Harlow, England, New York
PB  - Financial Times, Prentice Hall / Pearson Education Limited
KW  - Management
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Statistical decision
KW  - BUSADM
KW  - August 2016	
N1  - Index : p. 514-520; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction: Why quantitative methods? Part 1 NUMBERS -- how we handle them; 1 Tools of the trade: basic numeracy skills -- Part 2 NUMBERS -- a means of communication; 2 Obtaining the figures: data and data collection --  3 Presenting the figures: tables and diagrams 4 Summarising the figures: measures of location and spread -- 5 Measuring changes: index numbers -- Part 3 NUMBERS -- a basis for deduction; 6 A firm foundation: elementary probability -- 7 Patterns of probability: some distributions -- 8 Estimating from samples: inference -- 9 Checking a theory: hypothesis testing -- 10 Making it better: statistics and quality improvement -- 11 Looking for connections: correlation -- 12 Spotting the relationship: line fitting -- 13 Multiple regression -- Part 4 NUMBERS -- a tool of planning -- 14 Planning an inventory policy: stock control and simulation -- 15 Forecasting: time-series, semi-log graphs and exponential smoothing -- 16 Allowing for interest: financial mathematics -- 17 Planning production levels: linear programming -- 18 Planning a project: network analysis -- 19 Quantitative methods in the student research project
N2  - A user friendly introduction to use and interpretation of quantitative methods for Business students
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0813/2008012392.html
UR  - www.pearsonmylab.com
ER  -