Quantitative Methods for Business (with Printed Access Card) |  | Authors: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams, Jeffrey D. Camm, R. Kipp Martin
Publisher: South-Western College Pub
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Pages: 912
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ISBN: 0324651813
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This revision of QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR BUSINESS provides students with a conceptual understanding of the role that quantitative methods play in the decision-making process. This text describes the many quantitative methods that have been developed over the years, explains how they work, and shows how the decision-maker can apply and interpret data. Written with the non-mathematician in mind, this text is applications-oriented. Its "Problem-Scenario Approach" motivates and helps students understand and apply mathematical concepts and techniques. In addition, the managerial orientation motivates students by using examples that illustrate situations in which quantitative methods are useful in decision making.
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 Quantitative Methods 10th Ed. November 13, 2008
Clayton J. Paral (Chicago, IL)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very in-depth.
Most examples are from real corporate situations (though the company names are changed). Definitely a permanent reference guide to add to your book shelf after you complete the class.
I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of this used textbook March 8, 2010
numbers nut (southeastern usa)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am very pleased with not only the timeliness of receipt of this purchase, but also the excellent condition of this used textbook. I will definitely look for textbooks at Amazon.com before purchasing elsewhere.
Entre las matemáticas y la gestión empresarial December 9, 1999
Carlos (México)
11 out of 28 found this review helpful
De una manera muy agradable, los autores nos ofrecen un gran paquete de conocimientos matemáticos aplicables a los negocios. Con ejemplos claros y un diseño que facilita su lectura, este libro es una verdadera joya para quien desee ampliar el uso de herramientas matemáticas en la gestión empresarial. Desde toma de decisiones hasta PERT/CPM.
 This is a Very Good Book (10th ed) January 4, 2008
bsdjr
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am a professor and have used this book for several years in my undergraduate quantitative methods course. The book is quite clear and easy to teach from. I have had very few complaints about it from my students. The book covers the important quantitative methods that an undergraduate business student should know, and uses only the mathematics necessary to present these methods properly. The material in each chapter is correctly presented as useful for managerial decision making. Decision making is the key, and it is ultimately the purpose for businesses to use quantitative methods. The book makes this important point very clear in most chapters. Typically, the book presents one main business problem per chapter, then builds on that problem, showing how to develop the problem solution as the chapter progresses. Once solved, other similar type problems are addressed in some chapters. Not all exercises at the end of the chapters are useful, but most are, and it is simple to pick and choose to get a good set of student problems. The "Quantitative Methods In Action" sections are quite useful to show students how these methods are really used in the business world by real companies. This book is practical, application oriented, requires a minimal amount of mathematics, and is not at all difficult to read and understand. I do not know personally the authors, and I have never had any communication with them, but I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn basic quantitative methods. In my opinion, it serves that purpose quite admirably.
Required Text November 1, 2008
J. T. Hall (Ohio)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this for 1/3 of the price of the bookstore. Corners were beaten up, but it cost less then buying from bookstore minus what they would buy it back for.
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