TY - BOOK AU - Curwin, Jon AU - Slater, Roger TI - Quantitative methods for business decisions. SN - 9781861525314 AV - HF5691.C91 PY - 2002/// CY - New York PB - Thomson KW - Quantitative methods N1 - Includes index; Contents: Quantitative information -- The Quantitative approach -- Managing data -- Survey methods -- Presentation of data -- Descriptive statistics -- Measures of location -- Measures of dispersion -- Index numbers -- Measuring uncertainty -- Probability -- Discrete probability distributions -- The Normal distribution -- Statistical inference -- Confidence intervals -- Significance testing -- Non-parametric tests -- Relating variables and predicting outcomes -- Time series -- Correlation -- Regression -- Multiple regression and correlation -- Modelling -- The Time value of money -- Linear programming -- Networks -- Modelling stock control and queues -- Simulation -- Mathematical background -- Mathematical relationships -- Matrices -- Use of calculus -- Appendices ER -