01593nam a22001577a 4500008004100000020001500041050001700056100001800073245007000091250000900161260005300170300002800223500001900251505114000270650002501410120608t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0750658983  aHF5691.B8822  aBuglear, John  aQuatitative methods for business: the A-Z of QM. /cJohn Buglear.  a1st   aItaly:bElsevier butter worth-Heinemann,cc2005.  ax, 685p.:bill.;c25cm.  aIncludes index  aContents: Setting off -- Getting linear models straight -- Dealing with curves without going round the bend -- Filling up - fuelling quantitative analysis -- Good visibility - pictorial presentation of data -- General directions - summarizing -- Two-way traffic - summarizing and representing relationships between two variables -- Counting the cost - summarizing money variables over time -- Long distance - analysing time series data -- Is it worth the risk? - introducing probability -- Finding the right way - analysing decisions -- Accidents and incidence - discrete probability distributions and simulation -- Smooth running - continuous probability distributions and basic queuing theory -- Getting from A to B - project planning using networks -- Taking short cuts - sampling methods -- Test driving - sampling theory, estimation and hypothesis testing -- High performance - Statistical inference for comparing population means and bivariate data -- Going off-road - managing quantitative research for projects and dissertations -- Statistical and accounting tables -- Answers and selected worked solutions to review questions.  bQuantitative methods