Quantitative Methods for Business and Management

Dr John Buglear is a Principal Lecturer in Statistics and Operational Research at Nottingham Business School where he is also Programme Leader of the BA Business courses. As well as writing this textbook he has published research in the field of student engagement.

• 1 Rules of the road; The basic techniques2 Straight ahead - linear models3 Around the bend - dealing with the curves4 Filling up - fuelling quantitative analysis5 Good visibility - pictorial presentation of data6 General directions - summarising data7 Two-way traffic - investigating relationships between two variables using correlation and regressionCounting the cost - summarising money variables over time9 Long distance - analysing time series data10 Is it worth the risk - introducing probability11 Finding the right way - analysing decisions12 Accidents and incidence - discrete probability distributions and simulation13 Smooth running - continuous probability distributions and basic queuing theory14 Getting from A to B - project planning using networks15 Taking short cuts - sampling methods16 Test driving - sampling theory, estimation and hypothsis testing17 High performance - statistical inference for comparing population means and bivariate data18 Going off-road - managing quantitative research for projects and dissertations#

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