Quantitative Methods for Business 5th Ed is written by Donald Waters.

The 5th edition of Quantitative Methods for Business continues to provide a simple and practical introduction to an area that students can find difficult. The book avoids excessive mathematics and abstract theory. It shows how to apply quantitative ideas to real problems.

The book helps students understand the relevance of quantitative ideas to business. The text gives complete coverage for the first course in quantitative methods.

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Quantitative methods for business.

This is the fifth edition.

Donald Waters.

Managers use quantitative methods. Their ability to use numerical information for decision making is one of their essential skills. Management students do a course in quantitative methods, typically with names like quantitative analysis, decision analysis, business modelling or financial methods. Every student of management will meet somewhere in their course after reading this book, which gives an introduction to methods that are widely used in business. The book covers key topics in an easy to follow and practical way, whether you are studying for an HND, a first degree, an MBA or postgraduate degree, or a professional qualification.

The fifth edition of Quantitative Methods for Business divides the subject into five parts.

The first part asks why managers use quantitative methods and reviews essential quantitative tools.

Part Two shows how to pick and present information reliably.

Quantitative methods, such as financial analyses and forecasting, are often used to tackle specific types of management problem.

The ideas of uncertainty are introduced in Part Four.

Statistical ideas are used in a number of areas.

There are key features.

There is a view of quantitative methods used by managers.

You can study at your own pace if you don’t have previous knowledge or experience.

The style of the subject is clear and easy to follow.

Key principles needed to grasp the subject are shown in worked examples.

The ideas in practice and case studies show how methods are used.

Self-assessment problems, chapter outlines and summaries, review questions, research projects and sources of information help reinforce learning.

There is a website with additional material at www.pearsoned.co.uk/waters.

Donald Waters is the author of many successful textbooks and is well known for his clarity of style. He used to be a professor of finance and operations management.

About the author.

Donald Waters is the author of many successful textbooks and is well known for his clarity of style. He used to be a professor of finance and operations management.