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Index
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
1 Key concepts
Summary
Ways of looking at data
Fractions, percentages and proportions
Index numbers
Notation
Probability
Counting techniques
The numerical base
IP addresses
Encryption
2 Finance and investment
Summary
Interest
Annuities
Investment analysis
Inflation
Interest rate problems in disguise
Exchange rates
3 Descriptive measures for interpretation and analysis
Summary
Distributions
Normal distributions
4 Tables and charts
Summary
Tables
Charts
5 Forecasting techniques
Summary
Time series
Trends
Seasonal adjustment
Cycles
Residuals
Cause and effect
Identifying relationships with regression analysis
Forecast monitoring and review
6 Sampling and hypothesis testing
Summary
Estimating statistics and parameters
Confidence
Other summary measures
Non-parametric methods
Hypothesis testing
7 Incorporating judgments into decisions
Summary
Uncertainty and risk
Decision trees
Perfect information
The expected value of sample information
Making the final decision
8 Decision-making in action
Summary
Game strategy
Queueing
Stock control
Markov chains: what happens next?
Project management
Simulation
9 Linear programming and networks
Summary
Identifying the optimal solution
Traps and tricks
Multiple objectives
Barrier/internal point method
Networks
A–Z
Index
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