NUMBERS GUIDE - ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS NUMERACY

'The Numbers Guide', now in its fifth edition, is aimed at managers who have budgetary, planning or forecasting responsibilities and is invaluable for everyone who wants to be competent, and able to communicate effectively, with numbers. There are chapters on Key Concepts; Finance and investment; Measures for interpretation and analysis; Forecasting techniques; Sampling and hypothesis testing; Incorporating judgments into decisions; Decision-making Linear programming and networking; How spreadsheet programmes can make it easy. The guide also points out common pitfalls, such as: On rounding Two times two makes four? Right? Wrong. The answer could be anywhere between two and six when dealing with rounded numbers.