Product Description

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 wants to be competent, and able to communicate effectively, with numbers. In addition to general advise on basic numeracy, the guide points out common errors and explains the recognised techniques for solving financial problems, analysing information of any kind and effective decision making. Over 100 charts, graphs, tables and feature boxes highlight key points. Also included is an A-Z dictionary of terms covering everything from amortisation to zero-sum game. Whatever your business, The Economist Numbers Guide will prove invaluable.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21819 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 260 pages

Customer Reviews

Invaluable aide memoire
This guide has been on my desk for years (and opened regularly!). Possibly too curt for a teach-yourself book but very handy for refreshing one's memory about how to structure quantitative problems / analysis to get the right answer. I've found the glossary particularly useful for deciphering statisticians' reports.