Maria Prosperina VITALE | Statistics
Maria Prosperina VITALE Statistics
cod. 0212100007
STATISTICS
| 0212100007 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE | |
| EQF6 | |
| BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION | |
| 2019/2020 |
| OBBLIGATORIO | |
| YEAR OF COURSE 2 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016 | |
| PRIMO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SECS-S/01 | 10 | 60 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS WILL GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF: - DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AND THE MAIN TOPICS OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE - STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC DATA AND DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY IN MANAGEMENT PROCESSES - STATISTICAL MODELS FOR DATA ANALYSIS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN REAL CASES. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. THE COURSE AIMS AT HELPING THE STUDENTS TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO USE STATISTICS METHODS AND MODELS ON TOPICS MAINLY RELATED WITH MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE. THEORETICAL RESULTS AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES WILL BE GIVEN TO ALLOW A PROPER PROCEDURE IN THE CHOICE AND THE INTERPRETATION OF THE RESULTS IN EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS ON REAL DATA SET. |
| Prerequisites | |
|---|---|
| MATHEMATICS FOR ECONOMICS AND FINANCE |
| Contents | |
|---|---|
| MODULE I DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS STATISTICS DATA SET, FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION, STATISTICS INDICATORS (LOCATION, DISPERSION, SKEWNESS AND KURTOSIS), BIVARIATE DISTRIBUTION. BIVARIATE ASSOCIATION. MODULE II PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES RANDOM EXPERIMENT, INTRODUCTION TO PROBABILITY, DISCRETE AND CONTINUOUS RANDOM VARIABLES, COMMON FAMILIES OF DISTRIBUTION, LIMIT THEOREMS. MODULE III STATISTICAL INFERENCE ESTIMATION THEORY, POINT ESTIMATION, INTERVAL ESTIMATION, HYPOTHESIS TESTING, LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL. |
| Teaching Methods | |
|---|---|
| THE COURSE CONSISTS OF 60 HOURS AND INCLUDES CLASSROOM LECTURES, CLASSROOM EXERCISES AND LABORATORY SESSIONS. |
| Verification of learning | |
|---|---|
| THE EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF TWO COMPULSORY PARTS, A WRITTEN TEST AND AN ORAL INTERVIEW. EACH PART IS ASSIGNED A MARK AND THE AVERAGE OF THESE MARKS IS CONVERTED INTO THIRTIETHS TO GIVE THE FINAL GRADE. AN EXAM IS DEEMED TO BE PASSED SUCCESSFULLY IF THE FINAL GRADE IS EQUAL TO OR HIGHER THAN 18/30. IN THE EVENT OF A FULL GRADE (30/30), THE EXAMINATION BOARD MAY GRANT HONOURS (LODE). THE ORAL INTERVIEW CAN ONLY BE TAKEN ONCE THE STUDENT HAS PASSED THE WRITTEN EXAM WITH A MINIMUM MARK OF 18/30. THE WRITTEN TEST TAKES ABOUT 75 MINUTES AND AIMS AT ASSESSING THE ABILITY TO APPLY THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND THE ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE TEST IS STRUCTURED IN THREE PARTS WITH NUMERICAL EXERCISES ON: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE. THE ORAL INTERVIEW TAKES ABOUT 20 MINUTES WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL TOPICS PRESENTED DURING THE COURSE TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ABILITY AND THE QUALITY OF THE ORAL EXPOSITION. |
| Texts | |
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| TEXTS VITALE C., INTRODUZIONE ALLA STATISTICA PER LE APPLICAZIONI ECONOMICHE, VOL. I E II, E.S.I., 2002 ALTERNATIVES NEWBOLD P., CARLSON W.L., THORNE B., STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, PEARSON EDUCATION (2013, 8TH ED) PICCOLO D., STATISTICA PER LE DECISIONI, IL MULINO, 2004 |
| More Information | |
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| FURTHER MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE COURSE WEBPAGE: HTTPS://DOCENTI.UNISA.IT/020077/RISORSE |
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