This revision of QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR BUSINESS provides students with a conceptual understanding of the role that quantitative methods play in the decision-making process. This text describes the many quantitative methods that have been developed over the years, explains how they work, and shows how the decision-maker can apply and interpret data. Written with the non-mathematician in mind, this text is applications-oriented. Its "Problem-Scenario Approach" motivates and helps students understand and apply mathematical concepts and techniques. In addition, the managerial orientation motivates students by using examples that illustrate situations in which quantitative methods are useful in decision making.
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Thomas A. Williams is Professor of Management Science in the College of Business at Rochester Institute of Technology. Born in Elmira New York he earned his B.S. degree at Clarkson University. He did his graduate work at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.
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ABSOLUTELY THE WORST TEXTBOOK FROM A STUDENT'S PERSPECTIVE,
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This review is from: Quantitative Methods for Business (Hardcover)
I am currently taking a Quant Meth class which is using this as the textbook. By far, this is the worst textbook I have ever encountered as a student. It is hard to understand and the answers that are given in the back do not explain how to get to the final solution. Because the problems are not paired (that is 1 is not like 2, 3 is not like 4, etc.) and the only answers are to the EVEN problems, you are basically lost. There is a website for the 9th edition that is "under construction" currently, so there is no help there. This is not a book conducive to learning. Teachers and colleges - PLEASE think twice before you choose this for your curriculum. Both you and your students will be miserable!
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Quantitative Methods 8th Edition,
By Robin Schaffer (PArkton, MD United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Quantitative Methods for Business (Hardcover)
I am a professor using this book to teach a graduate level Quantitative Methods math class. This book is hard to understand for the students. Exercises included at the end of the chapters are hard to figure for the student based on what is presented in the text alone.For the instructor, no teacher support is available except a solutions manual. All other texts I have used provides sample lecture material, additional cases, etc. This text provides no such support with a useless web site.
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This textbook is TERRIBLE!,
By Jones "itimbuktu" (Columbia, MD United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Quantitative Methods for Business with EasyQuant Tutor for Excel (Hardcover)
This book is written in unnecessarily complicated language and does not present information in a way that is easily understood. I teach graduate courses in quantitative methods and I made the mistake of ordering this book for one of my courses without reading it first. It was a disaster!Unless you are getting a doctorate and need to know lots of complicated formulas without adequate explanations, DO NOT buy this book.
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