Quantitative analysis / Ron Jones.
By: Jones, Ron
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BookPublisher: London : Pitman, c1990Description: vii, 310 p. + pbk.ISBN: 0273029983.Subject(s): Accounting -- Mathematics | Business mathematicsDDC classification: 657 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 657 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00025749 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Written primarily to cover the ACCA paper 2.6 quantitative analysis, this book should also be of interest to other post Foundation Level students. A certain level of knowledge is assumed, and in particular the reader will need a familiarity with statistical measures of central tendency and dispersion, and with compounding and discounting techniques. The section on allocation would prove easier to follow if the reader is familiar with matrix mathematics, although a knowledge of matrices is not essential.
Includes index.
Part One: Probability and expectation -- Probability -- Probability distributions -- The normal distribution -- Decision criteria: expectation -- Part Two: Elementary forecasting -- The time series -- Regression and correlation -- Part Three: Sampling, estimation and significance -- Sample design -- Sampling and confidence limits -- Estimation -- Hypothesis testing -- Statistical significance -- The chi-square test -- Part Four: Analytical techniques -- Inventories -- Queuing and simulation -- Inequalities and linear programming -- The simplex method -- Transportation and assignment -- Network analysis: project planning.