Keeping up with the quants : your guide to understanding and using analytics /

"Why everyone needs analytical skills. Welcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up)- your world is awash with data...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Davenport, Thomas H., 1954-
Otros Autores: Kim, Jinho
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2013.
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245 1 0 |a Keeping up with the quants :  |b your guide to understanding and using analytics /  |c Thomas H. Davenport, Jinho Kim. 
260 |a Boston, Mass. :  |b Harvard Business Review Press,  |c c2013. 
300 |a 228 p. :  |b il. ;  |c 25 cm. 
504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 213-218) e índice. 
505 0 |a Why everyone needs analytical skills -- Framing the problem -- Solving the problem -- Communicating and acting on results -- Quantitative analysis and creativity -- Developing quantitative analysis capabilities -- Working with quants. 
520 |a "Why everyone needs analytical skills. Welcome to the age of data. No matter your interests (sports, movies, politics), your industry (finance, marketing, technology, manufacturing), or the type of organization you work for (big company, nonprofit, small start-up)- your world is awash with data. As a successful manager today, you must be able to make sense of all this information. You need to be conversant with analytical terminology and methods and able to work with quantitative information. This book promises to become your "quantitative literacy" guide -helping you develop the analytical skills you need right now in order to summarize data, find the meaning in it, and extract its value. In Keeping Up with the Quants, authors, professors, and analytics experts Thomas Davenport and Jinho Kim offer practical tools to improve your understanding of data analytics and enhance your thinking and decision making. You'll gain crucial skills, including: How to formulate a hypothesis; How to gather and analyze relevant data; How to interpret and communicate analytical results; How to develop habits of quantitative thinking; How to deal effectively with the "quants" in your organization. Big data and the analytics based on it promise to change virtually every industry and business function over the next decade. If you don't have a business degree or if you aren't comfortable with statistics and quantitative methods, this book is for you ..."--Descripción del editor. 
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650 0 |a Decision making  |x Mathematical models. 
650 0 |a Problem solving  |x Mathematical models. 
650 7 |a Administración  |x Modelos matemáticos.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Toma de decisiones  |x Modelos matemáticos.  |2 UDESA 
650 7 |a Solución de problemas  |x Modelos matemáticos.  |2 UDESA 
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