The Financial Times guide to business numeracy how to check the figures for yourself

Whether you need to understand other people’s calculations to make confident business decisions, or formulate investment choices based on your own numbers, this book will give you the tools you need. Banks and financial institutions, businesses and politicians often spin their statistics as they kn...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gough, Leo, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Harlow, England : Financial Times Prentice Hall [2011]
Edition:Second edition
Series:Financial Times guides
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629430806719
Table of Contents:
  • Dealing with large amounts of information : how to summarise and describe it
  • Analysing large amounts of information : market surveys, polls and social behaviour
  • Charts : presenting the data
  • Forecasting : time series analysis and regression analysis
  • Key decision-making tools
  • Finance and investment
  • The stock markets : some theories and techniques
  • Probability
  • Conclusion.