Quantitative Methods for Business

Fifth Edition

Quantitative Methods for Business

Donald Waters

Quantitative Methods for Business

Visit the Quantitative Methods for Business, Fifth Edition companion website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/waters to find valuable student learning material including:

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Reviews of important material Data sets for problems, examples and cases in the book Spreadsheet templates for calculations Additional material to extend the coverage of key topics Proofs and derivations of formulae Answers to problems Additional worked examples and case studies A list of useful websites

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Quantitative Methods for Business

FIFTH EDITION

Donald Waters

Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and Associated Companies throughout the world Visit us on the World Wide Web at: www.pearsoned.co.uk First published 1993 Second edition published under the Addison-Wesley imprint 1997 Third edition 2001 Fourth edition 2008 Fifth edition published 2011 © Pearson Education Limited 1997, 2001 © Donald Waters 2008, 2011 The right of Donald Waters to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without either the prior written permission of the publisher or...