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Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions, 7th Edition

Jon Curwin, Roger Slater, David Eadson

  • Copyright 2013
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Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions 7th Edition by Jon Curwin/Roger Slater/David Eadson
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QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR BUSIN ESS DECISIONS 7E

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Meet the Authors

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Jon Curwin

Jon Curwin is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Central England Business School and has taught quantitative methods on a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Roger Slater

Roger Slater is Head of the Faculty Resources Centre for the Faculty of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Central England, UK, and has been involved in teaching and examining quatitative topics for over 30 years.

David Eadson

David Eadson is a Higher Education Consultant, formerly a Principal Lecturer in Statistics in the Teesside University Business School

What's New

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  • A review and revision of basic mathematics takes place at the beginning of the book.
  • All chapters have been revised to reflect subject and course developments with additional chapters and student guides being offered online.
  • The questions at the end of each chapter have been revised. In addition to the multiple choice and numeric based exercise questions, a set of discussion questions have been added. These have been designed to encourage students to explore the application of concepts raised in each chapter.
  • The mini case studies introduced in edition six, that illustrate the practicality of quantitative methods, have all been reviewed, revised and updated.
  • The authors stress the importance of an effective approach to problem solving and the importance of methodology.
  • The use of Excel and SPSS has been revised and updated, and accompanying data sets are provided online.

Features

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  • Part openers explain the structure of each part of the book and include quick start guides covering the key formulae used in the following chapters – these are especially beneficial to students - providing an additional overview of key areas.
  • Chapter Objectives clearly set out the content and coverage of each chapter to ensure students understand the goals of each chapter.
  • Examples and Exercises explain key mathematical concepts and challenge students’ learning with short activities.
  • Illustrative Examples in every chapter directly apply quantitative methods to realistic business situations.
  • Mini cases throughout the book depict real-world examples demonstrating how different mathematical concepts play important roles in everyday life.
  • The CourseMate icon throughout indicates additional materials and datasets found online, for a smoother integration of resources and a holistic approach to learning.
  • Questions at the end of each chapter, including multiple-choice and longer mathematical problems, test students’ understanding of every topic.
  • Answers to some of the end-of-chapter questions can be found at the end of the book with fully annotated answers explaining the solutions to longer problems.
  • A complete set of fully annotated answers for all end of chapter questions are offered online on CourseMate.

Table of Contents

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1 BASIC MATHEMATICS.
1A. Mathematical Background.
1B. Financial Mathematics.
Part 1: UNDERSTANDING QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION.
2. The quantitative approach.
3. Managing data.
4. Survey methods.
Part 2: DESCRIBING DATE.
5. Presentation of data.
6. Measures of location.
7. Measures of dispersion.
8. Index numbers.
Part 3: MEASURING UNCERTAINTY.
9. Probability.
10. Discrete probability distributions.
11. The Normal distribution.
Part 4: USING STATISTICAL INFERENCE.
12. Samples, Estimation and Confidence intervals.
13. Significance testing.
14. Non-parametric tests.
Part 5: RELATING VARIABLES AND PREDICTING OUTCOMES.
15. Correlation and simple regression analysis.
16. Multiple Regression Analysis.
17. Time series.

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  • ISBN-10: 1408078473
  • ISBN-13: 9781408078471
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  • ISBN-13: 9781408060193
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