Oakshott, Les <br/><br/>
Essential quantitative methods: for business, management and finance. / 
Les Oakshott 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - China:  Palgrave Macmillan,  c2006. 
 - x, 484 p.:  ill.;  24cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Mathematical applications -- Revision mathematics -- Keeping up with change: index numbers -- Choosing wisely: investment appraisal -- Collecting and interpretating data -- Collecting data: surveys and samples -- Finding patterns in data: charts and tables -- Making sense of data: averages and measures of spread -- Probability and statistics -- Taking a chance: probability -- The Shape of data: probability distributions -- Interpreting with confidence: analysis of sample data -- Checking ideas: testing a hypothesis -- Cause and effect: correlation and regression -- Decision-making techniques -- How to make good decisions -- Forecasting: time series analysis -- Making the most of things: linear programming -- Planning large projects: network analysis -- Managing stock levels: materials management and inventory control -- Taking account of randomness. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978143949912 1403949913 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label> Quantitative methods. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HF5691.O23