Making sense of data and information
Managers need to be able to make sense of data and to use it selectively to answer key questions: Why has quality fallen in the last week? Should we subcontract or employ more people? What will consumer demand be in the future? They need to be able to assess the value of data and to detect what is a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; London :
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2007.
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| Series: | Management extra.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628316006719 |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Making Sense of Data and Information; Copyright Page; Contents; List of activities; List of figures; List of tables; Series preface; Introduction: Making sense of data and information; Chapter 1: Becoming a critical thinker; Why we need information; Using data, information and knowledge; Finding the information you need; Recap; More @; Chapter 2: Finding and showing the message in numbers; Interpreting raw data; Presenting your case; Recap; More @; Chapter 3: Using computer tools; Recap; More @; Chapter 4: Analytical statistics; Statistical tools; Probability and sampling
- Operations research techniquesRecap; More @; References
