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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Move beyond point estimates to consider the confidence interval, which provides a range of possible values. See how this tool gives an accurate estimate for a large population by sampling a relatively small subset of individuals. Then learn about the choice of confidence level, which is often specified as 95%. Investigate what happens when you adjust the confidence level up or down.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Take your understanding of descriptive techniques to the next level, as you begin your study of statistical inference, learning how to extract information from sample data. Focus on the point estimate - a single number that provides a sensible value for a given parameter. Consider how to obtain an unbiased estimator, and discover how to calculate the standard error for this estimate.
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Creating high-quality, accurate estimates is a critical part of construction. Learn what it takes to get started as a professional estimator.
Detailed, accurate estimates are a critical part of construction, and professional estimators are in demand. Without estimates, construction managers can't build budgets, get approvals, and hire workers. If you're interested in construction estimating to create bids for your business, or as a full-time career,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Creating high-quality, accurate estimates is a critical part of construction. Learn what it takes to get started as a professional estimator.
Detailed, accurate estimates are a critical part of construction, and professional estimators are in demand. Without estimates, construction managers can't build budgets, get approvals, and hire workers. If you're interested in construction estimating to create bids for your business, or as a full-time career,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to project business costs and how accurate costs estimates add value to your projects.
It may seem counterintuitive to think that costs actually add value to a project. However, accurately projecting your costs and the resources they’re actually costing can determine the overall success of your project or investment. In this course, CPA Ajay Pangarkar shows you how to develop a cost estimate for all types of organizations. When major...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use the advanced features in Trimble Accubid Classic Pro to more efficiently complete bid estimates.
Leverage the advanced features in Trimble Accubid Classic Pro—the powerful electrical estimating software—to more efficiently complete bid estimates. Throughout this course, instructor Christopher Randall helps you learn your way around some of the more complex features of the software. Discover how to copy and paste items within...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Create confident and accurate estimates for MEP projects and beyond by learning how to use the core features of Accubid Classic Pro.
Create confident and accurate estimates for MEP projects and beyond by learning how to use the core features of Accubid Classic Pro. This course is designed for construction professionals who want to utilize the power of computerized takeoffs and recap to generate professional bids. Individual modules are highlighted...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Budgets keep video productions in line and on time. Learn how to develop professional budgets, quotes, and proposals for any shoot and transform those estimates into invoices.
Budgets keep video productions in line and on time. But how do you estimate costs when you're just starting out—or planning a shoot in a new location? Rich Harrington has almost 30 years of experience in video, many of them consulting for clients who needed detailed proposals...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Figure out what to charge for your design services, and learn how to set an hourly rate, create estimates, and make sure you get paid.
Do you know what to charge for your design services? Too much and you risk scaring away potential clients; too little and you're not compensating yourself properly. Let Terry Lee Stone, a design manager who's priced thousands of design projects, show you how to calculate your work's true worth. She explains how to...
10) Energy Trends
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
According to Professor Wysession, there’s no easy solution to the world’s energy future. Going through many of the sources explored in previous lectures, he estimates how much energy we’ll need, what sources are (and will be) available to us, and how to think realistically—and optimistically—about our energy consumption.
Series
Accounting and finance clips volume 3
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
v. 1. What are budgets? How do they work? In Blakeway Ltd budgeting is vital to their manufacturing plans - but budgets depend on sales forecasts which are notoriously unreliable. Variance analysis is used to track the difference between estimates and reality. Budgets can be used to make staff more accountable and set priorities - but sometimes managers use up current budgets simply for fear of losing their money next year! --v. 2. A manager uses...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Explore a risk-management tool called value at risk, or VaR. Developed by economists at J. P. Morgan in the 1990s, VaR estimates the largest loss that a given investment strategy can be expected to sustain under normal market conditions. Chart the successes of this model - and its spectacular failure in an incident involving a high-rolling trader nicknamed the "London Whale."
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Lays out the nuts and bolts of budgeting for video projects and shows how to create estimates, quotes, and invoices.
Join Rich Harrington as he explores the world of budgeting by laying out the nuts and bolts of budgets and proposals for video projects. While defining the tools to develop professional budgets, quotes, and proposals, the course also shows video producers and managers how to transform a budget into an invoice. At the end of the course,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to use FreshBooks accounting software to track time, expenses, and invoices, and generate reports for tax season.
Get your organization's finances in order with FreshBooks and accountant Josh Zweig. This course shows how to get started with FreshBooks and set up everything from permissions to credit cards to sales tax. Josh, a FreshBooks Certified Accountant, will help you track time against projects and tasks, create estimates and invoices,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to develop a takeoff sheet, including materials, quantities, and measurements, in this construction estimation training course.
Takeoffs are one of the most common documents prepared by professional construction estimators. A takeoff lists the materials needed to complete a job. It includes quantities and measurements, and should be as accurate and detailed as possible. This course provides step-by-step instructions for developing a takeoff—including...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to create and back up your company's QuickBooks file and quickly set up shop.
Even if you're not an accountant, understanding the basics of QuickBooks Pro 2017 is an empowering—and in some cases, essential—skill. In this course, Jess Stratton shows you how to create and back up your company's QuickBooks file and quickly set up shop by adding all of your financial accounts. In addition, learn about adding products and inventory items....
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to best work with QuickBooks Pro 2016, from setting up a new chart of accounts to recording payments and running reports.
Learn the essentials of working with QuickBooks Pro. Find out how to create and back up your company's QuickBooks file and quickly set up shop—adding your banking information, credit cards, and historical data to the chart of accounts. You'll also learn how to set up your customers, vendors, employees, and inventory...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Learn what construction cost data is and how you can leverage it to accurately estimate costs for construction projects.
Want to learn how to more accurately budget your construction projects? This course can help. Join instructor Christopher Randall as he teaches the methodology of using construction cost data for cost estimating. Christopher provides an overview of the most common types of cost data, as well as the most common units of measurement...
19) It's A Girl
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so-called “gendercide". The war against girls is rooted in centuries-old tradition and sustained by deeply ingrained cultural dynamics which, in combination with government policies, accelerate the elimination of girls.....
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to manage the finances for your small business with QuickBooks for Mac accounting software.
You don't need to be an accountant to know how to use QuickBooks. Learn how to manage the finances for your small business yourself with the Mac version of this powerful accounting package. Jess Stratton shows how to create a new company file and back it up on a regular basis, and then set up accounts, taxes, and inventory items. Once your accounts...
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