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001 2013953428
003 DLC
005 20141104084123.0
008 131024s2014 nyua d 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2013953428
020 $a9781610393959 (pbk.)
020 $a1610393953 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn852733347
040 $aYDXCP$beng$cYDXCP$erda$dBTCTA$dSINLB$dUPM$dVP@$dOCLCQ$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
082 04 $a650.01/513$223
050 00 $aHF5691$b.S694 2014
100 1 $aStutely, Richard,$d1955-$eauthor.
245 10 $aNumbers guide :$bthe essentials of business numeracy /$cRichard Stutely.
250 $aSixth edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bPublicAffairs,$c[2014].
300 $a262 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aEconomist books
500 $a"The Economist."
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Key concepts -- Summary -- Ways of looking at data -- Fractions, percentages and proportions -- Index numbers -- Notation -- Probability -- Counting techniques -- The numerical base -- IP addresses -- Encryption -- 2. Finance and investment -- Summary -- Interest -- Annuities -- Investment analysis -- Inflation -- Interest rate problems in disguise -- Exchange rates -- 3. Descriptive measures for interpretation and analysis -- Summary -- Distributions -- Normal distributions -- 4. Tables and charts -- Summary -- Tables -- Charts -- 5. Forecasting techniques -- Summary -- Time series -- Trends -- Seasonal adjustment -- Cycles -- Residuals -- Cause and effect -- Identifying relationships with regression analysis -- Forecast monitoring and review -- 6. Sampling and hypothesis testing -- Summary -- Estimating statistics and parameters -- Confidence -- Other summary measures -- Non-parametric methods -- Hypothesis testing -- 7. Incorporating judgments into decisions -- Summary -- Uncertainty and risk -- Decision trees -- Perfect information -- The expected value of sample information -- Making the final decision -- 8. Decision-making in action -- Summary -- Game strategy -- Queueing -- Stock control -- Markov chains: what happens next? -- Project management -- Simulation -- 9. Linear programming and networks -- Summary -- Identifying the optimal solution -- Traps and tricks -- Multiple objectives -- Barrier/internal point method -- Networks.
650 0 $aBusiness mathematics.
650 0 $aNumeracy.
650 0 $aProblem solving$xStatistical methods.
650 0 $aDecision making$xStatistical methods.
650 0 $aBusiness mathematics$vDictionaries.
650 0 $aNumeracy$vDictionaries.
710 2 $aEconomist Newspaper Limited,$eeditor.
830 0 $aEconomist books (Series)