books about: ratios

books about: ratios

books:

Ratios

Business Ratios and Formulas: A Comprehensive Guide

Steven M. Bragg

Wiley, 2006

An excellent business resource
Business Ratios and Formulas, A Comprehensive Guide, is the most thorough reference book of its type. Steven Bragg provides a complete explanation of each business ratio and formula and follows each with a scenario example of their applications. Also provided is a ...

Super Stocks

Kenneth L. Fisher

McGraw-Hill, 2007

A good book that teaches true, disciplined value investing
If you've read a few of Fisher's regular columns in Forbes, you know that he 1) is primarily a value-oriented investor, 2) applies numerous, diverse tools in formulating his opinions, and 3) is quite self-confident. I think most people would objectively agree that a ...

If You Hopped Like A Frog (If You.)

David Schwartz

Scholastic Press, 1999

Wonderful
I am a high school math teacher and I use this book to help my freshmen learn about ratios and proportions. They use the proportions to calculate how much they could swallow, how far they could jump, etc. They're astonished at the results!

Teaching Fractions And Ratios For Understanding: Essential Content Knowledge And Instructional...
Susan J. Lamon

Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc Inc, 2005

This popular text, Teaching Fractions and Ratios for Understanding, addresses the urgent need for curriculum materials that cross traditional boundaries to include many of the elements that are integrated in the teaching/learning enterprise: mathematics content, teacher understanding, student thinking, teaching methods, instructional activities, ...

The Practical Mariner's Book of Knowledge: 420 Sea-Tested Rules of Thumb for Almost Every Boating Situation

John Vigor

International Marine division of McGraw-Hill, 1994

Bluewater sailor
Great book. Interesting and very funy. When you sail for a while you notice that things like the "black Box" described in the book are true. Very good advises...good companion if you planning bluewater sailing.

Dosage Calculations: A Ratio-Proportion Approach
RN, EdD, Gloria D. Pickar

Delmar Cengage Learning, 2006

Master dosage calculations with the ratio-proportion version of the best-selling book from Gloria D. Pickar! Dosage Calculations: A Ratio-Proportion Approach 2e builds upon core strengths that made Dosage Calculations a market leader. This trusted book includes a comprehensive math review, full-color drug labels, and critical thinking ...

Technical Analysis from A to Z, 2nd Edition

Steven B. Achelis

McGraw-Hill, 2000

Dictionary with concise commentary and examples
Extremely pleased with the purchase and reading experience. The book covers everything I know about and much more that I didn't. I was able to make oscillators, from the explanations given, on excel and was able to make the charts. The Chande Momentum Oscillator is ...

Fides et Ratio / On the Relationship between Faith and Reason

Pope John Paul II

Pauline Books & Media, 1998

"Two Wings of Truth"
In Fides et Ratio, Pope John Paul II is addressing Catholic bishops regarding the value and relationship philosophy holds in regards to theology. The purpose of the encyclical letter is to stem certain abusive tendencies among theologians that distort divine ...

The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number

Mario Livio

Broadway, 2003

another mysterious and fascinating irrational number like pi and e
Several years ago I prepared a review for amazon on this book. Since that time there have been many others to contribute. There are those like me who found it fascinating and gave it five stars, others that gave it a 4 or a 3 because they quibbled with the author over ...

Financial Statement Analysis: A Practitioner's Guide, 3rd Edition

Martin S., CFA Fridson, Fernando Alvarez

Wiley, 2002

excellent analyst-level text
in all likelihood, average investors will not get much out of this book, as average investors don't pore over 10-ks, annual reports and conduct industry analysis prior to investing (which they should!). but for those above average investors who do (read: intelligent ...

Techniques of Financial Analysis: A Practical Guide to Measuring Business Performance

Erich A. Helfert

McGraw-Hill, 1996

The most well-thought-out book of its kind!
Professor Helfert's graphic presentations have caused concepts to gel that were amorphous in my mind for years despite an investment banking background. I would recommend this book as a first book to anyone interested in quickly obtaining a bird's eye view of the ...

Fibonacci Ratios With Pattern Recognition

Larry Pesavento, Steven Shapiro

Traders Press, 1997

Best Fibonacci Book
This is some of the best work on Fibonacci I've seen. It is very advanced but if you expend the effort to learn it the patterns are profitable. For example, I use the Gartley "222" Pattern and the Shapiro Iteration regularly. There are many example charts to ...

Taguchi's Quality Engineering Handbook

Genichi Taguchi, Subir Chowdhury, ...

Wiley-Interscience, 2004

The Qiuality Engineering Manual
The handbook gives the true foundation for the supply of quality products or services. It focuses on the design of the product and it's need to perform correctly in the customer's use environment. The thing I really like is the inclusion of case studies. The ...

The Stock Investor's Pocket Calculator: A Quick Guide to All the Formulas and Ratios You Need to Invest Like ...

Michael C. Thomsett

AMACOM, 2007

Readers will learn the formulas the pros use, and can then apply them for quick and accurate results.
Any consumer investing in the stock market and any library catering to such patrons needs Michael C. Thomsett's The Stock Investor's Pocket Calculator: it makes the math behind equity investing simple, offering over 100 ratios and formulas broken down into easy steps ...

Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care (The Culture and Politics of Health ...
Suzanne Gordon, John Buchanan, ...

Cornell University Press, 2008

Legally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are one of the most controversial topics in health care today. Ratio advocates believe that minimum staffing levels are essential for quality care, better working conditions, and higher rates of RN recruitment and retention that would alleviate the current global nursing shortage. Opponents claim that ...