TY - BOOK AU - Oakshott, Les TI - Essential Quantitative Methods: For Business, Management and Finance SN - 9781137518552 U1 - 650.0151 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan Publishers Limited KW - Finance - Mathematical Models N1 - Part I: Mathematical applications 1. Revision Mathematics 2. Keeping up with Change: Index Numbers Part II: Collecting and interpreting data 3. Collecting Data: Surveys and Samples 4. Finding Patterns in Data: Charts and Tables 5. Making Sense of Data: Averages and Measures of Spread Part III: Probability and statistics 6. Taking a Chance: Probability 7. The Shape of Data: Probability Distributions 8. Interpreting with Confidence: Analysis of Sample Data 9. Checking Ideas: Testing a Hypothesis 10. Cause and Effect: Correlation and Regression Part IV: Decision-making techniques. 11. How to make Good Decisions 12. Choosing wisely: Investment Appraisal 13. Forecasting: Time Series Analysis 14. Making the Most of Things: Linear Programming 15. Planning Large Projects: Network Analysis 16. Managing Stock Levels: Materials Management and Inventory Control ER -