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Syllabus - Statistics - Ananta

The syllabus outlines a Statistics course offered by the University of Economics for the semester 3, 2013/2014, focusing on statistical methods relevant to Business and Economics. Key topics include descriptive and inferential statistics, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis, with evaluations based on assignments, quizzes, and exams. The course aims to develop practical statistical skills and understanding through various teaching methods and materials.

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Syllabus - Statistics - Ananta

The syllabus outlines a Statistics course offered by the University of Economics for the semester 3, 2013/2014, focusing on statistical methods relevant to Business and Economics. Key topics include descriptive and inferential statistics, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and regression analysis, with evaluations based on assignments, quizzes, and exams. The course aims to develop practical statistical skills and understanding through various teaching methods and materials.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS

CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

Syllabus: Statistics

Semester : 3, 2013/2014
10/2/2014 – 23/5/2014
Time : Thursday (8:00 – 10:45 AM)

Final Exam : Last week of May month 2014

Room : E-304

Instructor : Ananta Kar

Course Materials : Group Mail

Course Objectives :
 To understand types of data and fundamental statistical
methods useful in Business and Economics
 To understand descriptive and inferential Statistics in
making business decisions
 To correctly analyze, interpret and apply Statistical
techniques and concepts for problems of business and
Economics areas through the development, evaluation,
and selection of alternative statistical methods
 To demonstrate practical spreadsheet skills in Business
Statistics

Textbooks :
 Black, K. (2005) Business Statistics: Contemporary
Decision Making, 4th Ed., John Wiley & Sons

 Anderson, Sweeney, and Williams (2008) Statistics for


Business and Economics, 10th Ed., Thomson-South
Western

Evaluation Methods : Assignments, quizzes, class participation, lab quizzes,


exams

Grading Criteria : Students’ performance will be evaluated as follow:

Assessment Percentag
e
Assignments 5%
Quizzes (2) 5%
Lab Quizzes (2) 5%
Attendance and Class Participation 5%
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 60%
Total 100%

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Tentative Contents

No. Topic
1 Introduction to Statistics; Data and Statistics for Business and
Economics;
Understanding a wide range of applications of Statistics in Business
2 Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Presentations;
The difference between grouped and ungrouped data; Frequency
distribution;
3 Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures
Measures of central tendency, measures of variability, and measures
of shape; Box-and-whisker plot, skewness; Analyzing Descriptive
Statistics with spreadsheet;
4 Introduction to Probability:
The different ways of assigning probability; Understanding and
applying marginal, union, joint, and conditional probabilities; The law
of addition, the law of multiplication, and the law of conditional
probability; Lab Test-1
5 Discrete Probability Distributions:
Discrete random variables and continuous random variables;
The binomial distribution; Quiz-1
6 Continuous Probability Distributions:
Concepts of the uniform distribution; the normal distribution;
7 Sampling and Sampling Distributions:
Random and nonrandom sampling; Various sampling techniques and
applications; Types of error that can occur in a study; The central limit
theorem and understanding its impact; The sampling distributions of
and p
8 Midterm Exam
9 Interval Estimation; Point and interval estimations:
Estimating a population mean;
Estimate a population mean from a sample mean for large sample
sizes;
Estimate a population mean from a sample mean for small sample
sizes;
10 Estimating a population proportion:
Estimating a population proportion from a sample proportion;
Estimating a population variance from a sample variance; Lab Test-2
11 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing:
Understanding the logic of hypothesis testing; Establishing null and
alternative hypotheses; Type I and Type II errors; Quiz-2
12 Testing hypotheses about a single population mean; Testing
hypotheses about a single population proportion; Testing hypotheses
about a single population mean using small samples when Chi-square
is unknown;
13 Statistical Inference about Means with two Populations:
Statistical Inference about Proportions with two Populations
14 Testing hypotheses and constructing confidence intervals about
parameters from two populations:
Testing hypotheses and constructing confidence intervals about the
difference in two population means
15 Simple Linear Regression
16 Final Exam
Note: Above contents might be adjusted depending on the schedule of the course.

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