Quantitative Methods

Les Oakshott is 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. He is also the author of Essential Quantitative Methods for Business, Management and Finance (5th edition published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012).

• PART I: MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS1. Revision Mathematics2. Keeping up with Change: Index NumbersPART II: COLLECTING AND INTERPRETING DATA3. Collecting Data: Surveys and Samples4. Finding Patterns in Data: Charts and Tables5. Making Sense of Data: Averages and Measures of SpreadPART III: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS6. Taking a Chance: Probability7. The Shape of Data: Probability Distributions8. Interpreting with Confidence: Analysis of Sample Data9. Checking Ideas: Testing a Hypothesis10. Cause and Effect: Correlation and RegressionPART IV: DECISION MAKING TECHNIQUES11. Choosing Wisely: Investment Appraisal12. Forecasting: Time Series Analysis13. Making the Most of Things: Linear Programming14. Planning Large Projects: Critical Path AnalysisAppendicesIndex.