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D. Groebner, P. Shannon, P. Fry, K. Smith, ''Business Statistics: A Decision-Making Approach'', , 8th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010
Course ContentDistinction between descriptive statistics and statistical inference procedures.
Data types and data measurement levels.
Frequency distribution.
Grouped data frequency distribution. Histograms.
Bar charts and pie charts. Line charts. Scatter diagrams.
Measure of center.
Measures of dispersion.
Detection of singular data.
Other measures.
Contingency tables.
Correlation coefficient.
Introduction to simple linear regression.
Statistical software
| Lesson | Reading | Homework | Complement |
| Lesson 1 | 1.1, 1.4 | 1.49;1.52;1.54;1.58 | Interval vs Ordinal Data |
| Lesson 2 | 2.1 until p. 71 | 2.1, 2.5, 2.8, 2.10 | |
| Lesson 3 | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 | 2.12, 2.27, 2.28, 2.47, 2.48, 2.73 | Beware! |
| Lesson 4 | 3.1 until p. 122 | 3.1 (mean+median only), 3.2, 3.9 a+b, 3.11, 3.12 | |
| Lesson 5 | 3.1 from p.122, 3.2 | 3.26, 3.33, 3.34, 3.68, 3.78 | |
| Lesson 6 | 3.3 | 3.28, 3.50, 3.52, 3.81, Additional exercises | |
| Lesson 7 | Revision. Exercises | Example of a report (in french) Simpson's paradox |
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| Lesson 8 | Measure of concentration | Exercices on the Gini Index | |
| Lesson 9 | Excel and statistics | Room F219 | |
| Lesson 10 | 14.1 (without significance test), 14.2 p.613-623 | 14.4, 14.7a, 14.10ab, 14.22abd | |
| Lesson 11 | 14.1 (without significance test), 14.2 p.613-623 | ||
| Lesson 12 | Blank test during this lesson | ||
| Lesson 13 | 16.1 | 16.9 abc, 16.14 (see the original figure, June 1, 2006) | |
| Lesson 14 | Exercises with R ... and its solution! | In room F413: R software R manuals (click Documentation) |
Evaluation
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Authorised material: 3 pages of personal summary and 1 calculator