Buglear, John

Quatitative methods for business: the A-Z of QM. / John Buglear. - 1st - Italy: Elsevier butter worth-Heinemann, c2005. - x, 685p.: ill.; 25cm.

Includes index

Contents: 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.

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