Quantitative Methods in Tourism : A Handbook

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction to the Second Edition -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Analysis of Data -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. The Nature of Data in Tourism -- 2. Testing Hypotheses and Comparing Samples -- 3. Data Reduction -- 4. Model Building -- 5. Time-Dependent Phenomena and Forecasting -- Part 2: Numerical Methods -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 6. Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- 7. Monte Carlo Methods -- 8. Big Data -- 9. Simulations and Agent-Based Modelling Appendix: Software Programs / Baggio, Jacopo A. -- Appendix: Software Programs -- Subject Index