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Course Catalog 1998/99


Business Adm and Social Science

IEK600 Basic Statistics AI 15.0 ECTS credits

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LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Kerstin Vännman Bitr prof


PREREQUISITES
Mathematics, basic course and IEK 301

COURSE AIM
At the end of the course the student should be able
¥ to demonstrate that she or he has acquired statistical thinking;
¥ to demonstrate understanding for variation and for the importance of taking variation into account when doing statistical reasoning;
¥ to apply the different elements of a statistical survey;
¥ to apply some statistical methods for collecting and analysing data, especially from the fields of economics, business, and social sciences;
¥ to use statistical software when analysing data;
¥ to search in the national and international official production of statistics;
¥ to present, both orally and in writing, statistical results and analyses.


CONTENTS
The course deals with the design of sample surveys and questionnaires, as well as exploring and summarizing data (including EDA). Different index numbers are studied and basic concepts in probability and statistics like the concept of random variables, measure of location and spread, distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing are dealt with. Furthermore simple regression analysis is treated.

TEACHING


EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS
Required assignments 7.50ECTS
Written exam 7.50ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE
Dahmström, Karin: Från datainsamling till rapport - att göra en statistisk undersökning. Studentlitteratur 1996, andra upplagan. ISBN 91-44-00111-8. (In Swedish.)
Mann, Prem, S.: Statistics for Business and Economics. Wiley, 1995. ISBN 0-471-58969-1
Moore D. S.: Statistics Concepts and Controversies. WH Freeman USA 1997, fjärde upplagan.
Complementary material from the Division of Quality Technology and Statistics. (In Swedish.)

REMARKS


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Valid for school year 1998/99.
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