Powell John, <br/><br/>
Quantitative Decision Making/ 
John Powell and John Harris 
 - Harlow:  Longman Group Limited,  c1982. 
 - viii, 223p.:                     ill.;  24cm. 
 - Understanding Business .
<br/><br/> <br/>Table of contents<br/>1. In the beginning 1<br/>Part I The raw materials for decisions<br/>2. Using published data sources 5<br/>3. Primary data collection 13<br/>4. The presentation of data 26<br/>5. Frequency distributions and central tendency 44<br/>6. Measures of spread 57<br/>Part II Uncertainty in decisions<br/>7. Probability and decision trees 69<br/>8. Taking samples (1): The Binomial distribution 85<br/>9. Taking samples (2): The normal distribution 95<br/>10 Using the normal distribution 107<br/>Part III Time in decisions <br/>11. the use of index numbers 119 <br/>12. Forecasting methods 132<br/>Part IV optimizing decisions<br/>13. Operational research and model building 148<br/>14. network analysis 154<br/>15. Blending 170<br/>16. the transportation technique 179<br/>17 Simulation 197<br/>18. At the end 211<br/>Appendix a table of binomial coefficients 213<br/>Appendix B table of standard normal curve areas 214<br/>Glossary 216<br/>index 222 <br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>includes bibliographic references and index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0582355451 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658  / POW