Les Oakshott is a former Associate Fellow of Warwick Business School, UK. He has worked in industry and education and has wide experience of applying teaching quantitative methods in a business context.

• -PART I: MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS1. Revision Mathematics2. Keeping up with Change: Index NumbersPART II: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING DATA.3. Collecting Data: Surveys and Samples.4. Finding Patterns in Data: Charts and Tables5. Making Sense of Data: Averages and Measures of SpreadPART III: PROBABILITY& STATISTICS.6. Taking a Chance: Probability7. The Shape of Data: Probability Distributions8. Interpreting with Confidence: Analysis of Sample Data9. Checking Ideas: Testing a Hypothesis.10. Cause and Effect: Correlation and RegressionPART IV: DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES11. How to make Good Decisions12. Choosing wisely: Investment Appraisal13. Forecasting: Time Series Analysis14. Making the Most of Things: Linear Programming15. Planning Large Projects: Network Analysis16. Managing stock levels: Materials management and inventory control

An excellent introduction to quantitative methods, written in an accessible and comprehensive way to support students' fast and efficient learning ... an absolute essential.

Les Oakshott is a former Associate Fellow of Warwick Business School, UK. He has worked in industry and education and has wide experience of applying teaching quantitative methods in a business context.

• -PART I: MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS1. Revision Mathematics2. Keeping up with Change: Index NumbersPART II: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING DATA.3. Collecting Data: Surveys and Samples.4. Finding Patterns in Data: Charts and Tables5. Making Sense of Data: Averages and Measures of SpreadPART III: PROBABILITY& STATISTICS.6. Taking a Chance: Probability7. The Shape of Data: Probability Distributions8. Interpreting with Confidence: Analysis of Sample Data9. Checking Ideas: Testing a Hypothesis.10. Cause and Effect: Correlation and RegressionPART IV: DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES11. How to make Good Decisions12. Choosing wisely: Investment Appraisal13. Forecasting: Time Series Analysis14. Making the Most of Things: Linear Programming15. Planning Large Projects: Network Analysis16. Managing stock levels: Materials management and inventory control

An excellent introduction to quantitative methods, written in an accessible and comprehensive way to support students' fast and efficient learning ... an absolute essential.

Les Oakshott is a former Associate Fellow of Warwick Business School, UK. He has worked in industry and education and has wide experience of applying teaching quantitative methods in a business context.

• -PART I: MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS1. Revision Mathematics2. Keeping up with Change: Index NumbersPART II: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING DATA.3. Collecting Data: Surveys and Samples.4. Finding Patterns in Data: Charts and Tables5. Making Sense of Data: Averages and Measures of SpreadPART III: PROBABILITY& STATISTICS.6. Taking a Chance: Probability7. The Shape of Data: Probability Distributions8. Interpreting with Confidence: Analysis of Sample Data9. Checking Ideas: Testing a Hypothesis.10. Cause and Effect: Correlation and RegressionPART IV: DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES11. How to make Good Decisions12. Choosing wisely: Investment Appraisal13. Forecasting: Time Series Analysis14. Making the Most of Things: Linear Programming15. Planning Large Projects: Network Analysis16. Managing stock levels: Materials management and inventory control

An excellent introduction to quantitative methods, written in an accessible and comprehensive way to support students' fast and efficient learning ... an absolute essential.