Greg Dickman's Financial forecasting and data analysis is another in his series of market-leading textbooks. His popular approach provides students with a complete, easily comprehensible overview of the principles of forecasting and data analysis. Using an engaging and accessible writing style, this text gives students a detailed grasp of the theory underlying the computations. Students are taken step by step through the basic financial, mathematical and statistical concepts, with each new principle being reinforced with worked examples and a variety of meaningful problems to try. Case studies throughout simulate work situations and make the student appreciate the importance of both the calculation and its interpretation as applied to the real world.

This text is intended to meet the needs of the National Training Package Competencies FNSICORG51 7A: Prepare financial forecasts and projections and analyse market data.

Chapter 1 Use of calcnulators and basic mathematical operations
Chapter 2 Linear graphs and applications
Chapter 3 Simple interest
Chapter 4 Compound interest
Chapter 5 Annuities
Chapter 6 Other simple annuities
Chapter 7 Introduction to statistics
Chapter 8 Sampling and data collection
Chapter 9 Frequency distribution graphs and tables
Chapter 10 Measures of central tendncy
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