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1. COURSE DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. Furthermore, it provides wide range applications of statistics in business administration activities. It will equip you with the basic tools needed for such problem – solving and decision making tasks. This course is NOT about the mathematical underpinnings of different statistical techniques. Rather it is about collecting and analyzing data, and interpreting the results. As such, this course will not make you a statistician or a mathematician. Rather, it will give the foundations for making informed managerial decisions.
2. COURSE CONTENT
No.
Content
Time Allocation
Contribution to CLOs
Hour(s) on the class
Essays, exercise,
Assignments... (22.5)
Self-study with teacher’s tutorials (67.5)
Lecture (30)
Practice, Seminar…
(15)
1
Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics
3
1.5
7.5
1, 2, 7
2
Chapter 2: Data collection and sampling
3
1.5
7.5
2, 5, 6
3, 4
Chapter 3: Graphical Descriptive Techniques
3
3
3
9
3, 4, 5, 6
5, 6
Chapter 4: Numerical Descriptive Techniques
3
3
3
9
3, 4, 5, 6
7
Chapter 5: Simple Linear Regression and correlation
3
1.5
7.5
3, 4, 5, 7
8
Chapter 6: Multiple Linear Regression
3
1.5
7.5
3, 4, 5, 7
Mid – term test
9, 10
Chapter 7: Time Series analysis and Forecasting
3
3
3
7.5
4, 5, 6
11, 12
Chapter 8: Decision Analysis
3
3
3
9
4, 5, 6
13
Chapter 9: Spreadsheet models
3
1.5
7.5
4, 5, 6
14, 15
Chapter 10: Linear Optimization models
3
3
3
9
4, 5, 6
Project
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Total
30
15
22.5
82.5
3. COURSE ASSESSMENT
- Score ladder: 10
- Type of assessment
* Generic Criteria
* Formative assessment
- Class attendance (5%)
- check class attendance 8 – 10 times by calling the roll
- total score for class attendance 0.5 point
- Quizzes (5%)
- Number of question per quizz: 3 - 5
- Duration: 15 – 20 minutes
- Criteria of assessment: the answers are clear, unambiguous, readable, correct
- Total scores: 10 points
* Summative assessment
- Mid – term short form and/or multiple choice tests (15%)
- Number of questions per test: 20 - 25
- Scope of the test: all the topics discussed before the test
- Duration: 60 minutes
- Total scores: 10
- Criteria of assessment: the answers are clear, unambiguous, readable, correct
- Point for each correct answer: 0.4 – 0.5 point
- Mid – term project (group work) (15%)
- Form: Group assignment of 3-5 members
- Content: Conduct a survey on an social issue of your interest and analyse the results of the survey
- Requirements :
- Length: 20 -30 pages excluding references and appendices which can be unlimited The number of pages also does not count the cover page and the pages of table of contents, abbreviations, and the list of tables & figures
- The paper must have a cover page (with student name, class, and topic); a table of contents, a list of abbreviations, a list of tables & figures; and a list of references
- Citations must be made clear in the paper (referencing can be in the footnotes, or in the text following Harvard citation system which can be seen here, for example, http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/referencing/harvard.htm)
- Criteria for marking:
Clear and feasible topics 2 points
Sufficient contents, straight to the point, logical analysis 4 points
Use of variety of references, 1 point
Coherent writing, precise citation 1 point
Well-presented, good Q&A part 2 points
Total: 10 points
- Final term Short form and/or multiple choice tests (60%)
- Number of questions per test: 25 - 30
- Scope of the test: all the topics discussed in the course
- Duration: 75 - 90 minutes
- Total scores: 10
- Criteria of assessment: the answers are clear, unambiguous, readable, correct
- Point for each correct answer: 0.33 – 0.4 point