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BOOK 1 —- ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS Readings and Learning Outcome Statements . Study Session 1 - Ethical and Professional Standards... Self-Test ~ Ethical and Professional Standards. 121 Study Session 2 ~ Ethical and Professional Standards: Application. Study Session 3 - Quantitative Methods... 140 Self-Test ~ Quantitative Mechods .. +. 265 Formulas.. Appendices. Index |ONAL LEVEL 2 BOOK 1: ETHICAL AND PROFESS ©2008 Kaplan Schweser. All rights reserved. Published in September 2008 by Kaplan Schweser. STANDARDS AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS, Printed in the United States of America. ISBN: 1-60373-229-2 | 978-1-60373-229-1 PPN: 45545CFA If this book does not have the hologram with the Kaplan Schweser logo on the back cover, it was distributed without permission of Kaplan Schweser, a Division of Kaplan, Inc., and is in direct violation of global copyright laws. 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