The Economist Numbers Guide: The Essentials of Business Numeracy

Author Richard Stutely

Publisher Economist

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Author

Richard Stutely

Publisher

Economist

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Copyright

2013

ISBN13

9781847659347

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Format

eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Overview

How to improve your head for figures: the concepts and techniques that are crucial for every aspiring manager to know. Designed as a companion to The Economist Style Guide, the best-selling guide to writing style, The Economist Numbers Guide is invaluable for everyone who has to work with numbers, which in today's commercially focussed world means most managers.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Economist Books.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
List of Tables.
List of Figures.
Introduction.
1: Key Concepts.
2: Finance and Investment.
3: Descriptive Measures for Interpretation and Analysis.
4: Tables and Charts.
5: Forecasting Techniques.
6: Sampling and Hypothesis Testing.
7: Incorporating Judgments into Decisions.
8: Decision-Making in Action.
9: Linear Programming and Networks.
10: A-Z.
11: Above the Line.
12: Absolute Value.
13: Absorption Costing.
14: Accelerated Depreciation.
15: Accrual.
16: Accumulated Depreciation.
17: Acid Test.
18: Adaptive Forecasting.
19: Algorithm.
20: Amortisation.
21: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).
22: Annual Percentage Rate of Charge (APR).
23: Annuity.
24: Appreciation.
25: Area and Volume.
26: Arithmetic Mean.
27: Autocorrelation.
28: Autoregression Analysis.
29: Average.
30: Bar Chart.
31: Barrier/Internal Point Method.
32: Base.
33: Base/Radix.
34: Base-Weighted Index.
35: Bayes Theorem.
36: Bear.
37: Below the Line.
38: Bernoulli Variables.
39: Beta Distribution.
40: Beta Risk.
41: Binary.
42: Binomial.
43: Break-Even Analysis.
44: Budget.
45: Bull.
46: Capital.
47: Cash Flow.
48: Catastrophe Theory.
49: Categorical Data.
50: Causal Forecasting.
51: Central Limit Theorem.
52: Chi-Squared Test.
53: Cluster Analysis.
54: Cluster Sampling.
55: Coefficient.
56: Collinearity.
57: Combination.
58: Completion Time.
59: Compound Interest.
60: Conditional Probability.
61: Confidence.
62: Constant.
63: Constant Prices.
64: Constant Sum Game.
65: Constraint.
66: Contingency Test.
67: Continuous Data.
68: Conversion Factors.
69: Conversion Period.
70: Correlation.
71: Cost of Capital.
72: Counting Technique.
73: Crashing.
74: Credit.
75: Critical Path Analysis (CPA).
76: Critical Value.
77: Cross-Impact Matrix.
78: Cross-Sectional Data.
79: Current Prices.
80: Current Ratio.
81: Current Value.
82: Current-Weighted Index.
83: Curvilinear
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