Quantitative methods in tourism: a handbook
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Main Author: Baggio, Rodolfo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK Channel View publications ©2011
Series:Aspects of tourism 48
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
Tourism studies often deal with complex mixes of external and local factors and the attitudes, perceptions and actions of tourists themselves. In seeking to understand individual elements of this mix, or the results of interactions between them, tourism authorities, managers and researchers often collect quantitative data, but until now the few existing guides to understanding quantitative data have been either very simple or very complicated. This book provides a guide to dealing with real-world data and goes beyond the methods usually covered in introductory textbooks. The first part conside
List of Examples; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1 The Analysis of Data; Introduction to Part 1; Chapter 1 The Nature of Data in Tourism; Chapter 2 Testing Hypotheses; Chapter 3 Data Analysis; Chapter 4 Model Building; Chapter 5 Time-dependent Phenomena and Forecasting; Part 2 Numerical Methods; Introduction to Part 2; Chapter 6 Maximum Likelihood Estimation; Chapter 7 Monte Carlo Methods; Chapter 8 Agent-based Modeling and Simulations; Appendix: Software Programs
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 225 pages)
ISBN:1845411749
1845411757
9781845411749
9781845411756

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