Download or read book Quantitative Methods written by Paolo Brandimarte and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible introduction to the essential quantitative methods for making valuable business decisions Quantitative methods-research techniques used to analyze quantitative data-enable professionals to organize and understand numbers and, in turn, to make good decisions. Quantitative Methods: An Introduction for Business Management presents the application of quantitative mathematical modeling to decision making in a business management context and emphasizes not only the role of data in drawing conclusions, but also the pitfalls of undiscerning reliance of software packages that implement standard statistical procedures. With hands-on applications and explanations that are accessible to readers at various levels, the book successfully outlines the necessary tools to make smart and successful business decisions. Progressing from beginner to more advanced material at an easy-to-follow pace, the author utilizes motivating examples throughout to aid readers interested in decision making and also provides critical remarks, intuitive traps, and counterexamples when appropriate. The book begins with a discussion of motivations and foundations related to the topic, with introductory presentations of concepts from calculus to linear algebra. Next, the core ideas of quantitative methods are presented in chapters that explore introductory topics in probability, descriptive and inferential statistics, linear regression, and a discussion of time series that includes both classical topics and more challenging models. The author also discusses linear programming models and decision making under risk as well as less standard topics in the field such as game theory and Bayesian statistics. Finally, the book concludes with a focus on selected tools from multivariate statistics, including advanced regression models and data reduction methods such as principal component analysis, factor analysis, and cluster analysis. The book promotes the importance of an analytical approach, particularly when dealing with a complex system where multiple individuals are involved and have conflicting incentives. A related website features Microsoft Excel® workbooks and MATLAB® scripts to illustrate concepts as well as additional exercises with solutions. Quantitative Methods is an excellent book for courses on the topic at the graduate level. The book also serves as an authoritative reference and self-study guide for financial and business professionals, as well as readers looking to reinforce their analytical skills.
Download or read book Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods written by Mark Balnaves and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-04-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods is a student-friendly introduction to quantitative research methods and basic statistics. It uses a detective theme throughout the text to show how quantitative methods have been used to solve real-life problems. The book focuses on principles and techniques that are appropriate to introductory level courses in media, psychology and sociology. Examples and illustrations are drawn from historical and contemporary research in the social sciences. The original CD-ROM accompanying the book and its content are no longer available.
Download or read book Quantitative Methods written by Louise Swift and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new edition of this highly successful and popular textbook is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow guide to using and interpreting all the quantitative techniques that students will encounter in their later business and financial careers; from fundamental principles through to more advanced applications. Topics are explained in a clear, friendly step-by-step style, accompanied by examples, exercises and activities, making the text ideal for self-tuition or for the student with no experience or confidence in working with numbers. This highly successful learning-by-doing approach, coupled with the book's clear structure, will enable even the most maths-phobic student to understand these essential mathematical skills. Comprehensive in both its scope of coverage and the range of abilities it caters for, this remains a core textbook for undergraduate students of business, management and finance, for whom Quantitative Methods modules will be a key component. It will also appeal to those on related MBA and postgraduate courses. New to this Edition: - Business Modelling 'Moving on...' feature with integrated web and book activities to promote student engagement with the application of mathematical techniques in real-life workplaces - Extensive revamp of two Statistics chapters based on student and lecturer feedback - Crucial updated practical guides to using Excel and SPSS - Integrated companion website resources helps relate theory to real world examples
Download or read book Essential Quantitative Methods written by Les Oakshott and published by Red Globe Press. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise and accessible textbook covers all of the key quantitative methods needed to solve everyday business problems. Les Oakshott’s clear and friendly writing style guides students from basic statistics, through to advanced topics, such as hypothesis testing and time series, as well as operational research techniques such as linear programming and inventory management. Step-by-step instructions and accompanying activities will help students to practice and gain confidence in carrying out techniques. The book’s coverage is fully grounded within the real world of business. Real-life case studies open every chapter and numerous examples throughout demonstrate why quantitative techniques are needed for a business to be successful. An ideal textbook for undergraduate students of business, management and finance, it is also widely used by MBA students and postgraduates.
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Management written by Miguel Ángel Canela and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-03 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the use of quantitative methods for both business and management, helping readers understand the most relevant quantitative methods for managerial decision-making. Pursuing a highly practical approach, the book reduces the theoretical information to a minimum, so as to give full prominence to the analysis of real business problems. Each chapter includes a brief theoretical explanation, followed by a real-life managerial case that needs to be solved, which is accompanied by a corresponding Microsoft Excel® dataset. The practical cases and exercises are solved using Excel, and for each problem, the authors provide an Excel file with the complete solution and corresponding calculations, which can be downloaded easily from the book’s website. Further, in an appendix, readers can find solutions to the same problems, but using the R statistical language. The book represents a valuable reference guide for postgraduate, MBA and executive education students, as it offers a hands-on, practical approach to learning quantitative methods in a managerial context. It will also be of interest to managers looking for a practical and straightforward way to learn about quantitative methods and improve their decision-making processes.
Download or read book Introducing Quantitative Methods written by Daniela Aidley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new core textbook offers a clear and practical introduction to quantitative methods, taking a project-based approach. The author's extensive knowledge and straightforward writing style ensure that students are steered through the process step-by-step, from developing research questions and preparing data for analysis, to explaining how to present data in appropriate formats, avoid bias, and write up results and reports. Featuring a comprehensive pedagogical framework and companion website, readers are encouraged to follow practice analyses as they go, with examples given in both SPSS and Excel, and templates are provided for students' own research. In addition to covering the research project, chapters also cover the essential mathematical and statistical analyses that are a logical consequence of posing a quantitative research methods question. This is the perfect text for all social science students studying introductory modules on quantitative methods, research methods or statistics at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It also functions as an effective guide for undergraduate and postgraduate students faced with an independent research project.
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics written by Adil H. Mouhammed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a brief yet rigorous introduction to various quantitative methods used in economic decision-making. It has no prerequisites other than high school algebra. The book begins with matrix algebra and calculus, which are then used in the book's core modes. Once the reader grasps matrix theory and calculus, the quantitative models can be understood easily, and for each model there are many solved examples related to business and economic applications.
Download or read book Quantitative Business Methods Using Excel written by David Whigham and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text provides a comprehensive introduction to quantitative methods for business students. The text employs Excel 5.0 as a tool to assist the student to understand and use quantitative methods to solve business problems. Designed to be read in front of the computer screen, this book introduces the student to topics in Quantitative Methods. Each chapter contains an illustrated set of exercises and solutions summarising the topics covered, and the book is accompanied by a disk containing further exercises andexamples referred to in the text. The book therefore presents the reader with a far more lively, active and hands-on approach to learning than that of a standard textbook. The text commences with an introduction to the functions, commands and routines contained in the Excel 5.0 spreadsheet. These are explained in the context of everyday business problems. Thereafter, these Excel techniques are applied to the topics that constitute undergraduate Quantitative Methodsmodules - algebraic modelling, financial mathematics, organisational methods, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and regression. Throughout the discussion the distinction between quantitative theory and Excel techniques is marked in the text. Computer instructions are highlighted throughout. This provides a fast-track route for those readers who are familiar with quantitative methods but not with how to apply them onExcel. The book is tailored towards a readership of 1st or 2nd year students of Quantitative Methods (or maths and statistics) on Business, Management and Accountancy courses. It would also be appropriate for use on MBA, management or accountancy diploma courses.
Download or read book Valuepack Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics Economics for Business and Management A Student Text the Business Students Handbook written by Glyn Burton and published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Value Pack consists of Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics, 2/e by Burton/Carroll/Wall; Economics for Business and Management: A Student Text, 1/e by Griffiths/Wall and The Business Student's Handbook: Skills for Study and Employment, 4/e; 1/e (ISBN: 9781405886895)
Download or read book Quantitative Analysis written by RoyM Chiulli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in a lecture format with solved problems at the end of each chapter, this book surveys quantitative modeling and decision analysis techniques. It serves to familiarize the reader with quantitative techniques utilized in planning and optimizing complex systems, as well as students experiencing the subject for the first time. It can be used by students of business and public administration without a background in calculus as well as engineers with significant scientific training. It allows the reader to comprehend the material through examples and problems and also demonstrates the value and shortcomings of many methods. Quantitative Analysis: An introduction developed out of the author's experience teaching the material to students at the University of California Los Angeles, California State University, Northridge, and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
Download or read book An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians written by Roderick Floud and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many statements made by historians are quantitative statements, involving the use of measurable historical evidence. The historian who uses quantitative methods to analyse and interpret such information needs to be well acquainted with the particular methods and techniques of analysis and to be able to make the best use of the data that are available. There is an increasing need for training in such methods and in the interpretation of the large volume of literature now using quantitative techniques. Dr Floud’s text, which is relevant to all branches of historical inquiry, provides a straightforward and intelligible introduction for all students and research workers. The simpler and more useful techniques of descriptive and analytical statistics are described, up to the level of simple linear regression. Historical examples are used throughout, and great attention is paid to the need to ensure that the techniques are consistent with the quality of the data and with the historical problems they are intended to solve. Attention is paid to problems of the analysis of time series, which are of particular use to historians. No previous knowledge of statistics is assumed, and the simple mathematical techniques that are used are fully and clearly explained, without the use of more mathematical knowledge than is provided by an O-level course. A bibliography is provided to guide historians towards the most useful further reading. This student friendly text was first published in 1973.
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Business written by John Buglear and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-03-30 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantitative Methods for Business: The A-Z of QM will enable readers to: *Appreciate the significance of quantitative methods for businesses and the study of business *Understand and apply a wide range of quantitative techniques *Select appropriate quantitative techniques for data analysis, problem solving and decision making *Interpret and communicate the results of quantitative analysis
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Business written by David R. Anderson and published by South-Western College. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study guide will provide the student with significant supplementary study materials. Each chapter contains key concepts, a review section, sample problems with step-by-step solutions, problems with answers and self-testing questions with answers.
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Business written by C. Donald J. Waters and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For management students this book, designed to be practical rather than theoretical, avoids rigorous mathematics, describing mathematical proofs by example rather than theoretical argument. The text takes a balanced view and relates all topics to real business and management issues.
Download or read book Quantitative Approaches in Business Studies written by Clare Morris and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A user friendly introduction to use and interpretation of quantitative methods for Business students.
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Business written by David Ray Anderson and published by South Western Educational Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers don't need to be a mathematician to understand and maximize the power of quantitative methods! Written for the future or current business professional, QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR BUSINESS, 12E, International Edition by a powerhouse, award-winning author team makes it easy for readers to understand how to most effectively use quantitative methods to make intelligent successful decisions. The book's hallmark problem-scenario approach guides readers through the application of mathematical concepts and techniques, while memorable examples illustrate how and when to use the methods. Readers discover everything needed for success in working with quantitative methods, from a strong managerial orientation to instant online access to Excel worksheets for text examples; The Management Scientist v6.0 and TreePlan; Crystal Ball; Premium Solver for Excel, and LINGO.
Download or read book Quantitative Methods for Business written by C. Donald J. Waters and published by Financial Times Prentice Hall (a Pearson Education Company). This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a non-threatening, non-theoretical approach to a subject students often find difficult, this book avoids rigorous mathematics and concentrates on applying quantitative ideas to the work situation.
