Course Description
The student learns techniques of collecting summarizing, displaying and analyzing data. The student is then able to interpret information from data and use it to make knowledge-based decisions.
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, the student will be able to:
- Describe the purpose of statistical data collection
- Explain key terms used in statistics and probability
- Identify areas where data collection and analysis is crucial for decision making.
- Describe procedures of testing hypotheses.
- Collect and analyze statistical data
Course Content
- Descriptive Statistics
- Introduction to Probability Distributions
- The Normal Distribution
- Testing of Hypothesis
- Goodness of Fit Tests.
Compulsory Reading Material
- R. Johnson, Elementary Statistics, Duxbury Press, 1984, Boston
- Probability and Statistics [PROBABILITY & STATISTICS 3 -OS] by Morris H.(Author) ; Schervish, Mark J.(Author) DeGroot, (Paperback - Jan. 31, 2002).
- Schaum's Outline of Probability and Statistics, 3/E (Schaum's Outline Series) by Murray Spiegel, John Schiller, and R. Alu Srinivasan, (Paperback - Aug. 26, 2008).
Optional Reading Materials
- Moore, David S., "The Basic Practice of Statistics." Third edition. W.H. Freeman and Company. New York. 2003
- Weiss, N.A., Introductory Statistics. Addison Wesley, 1999.
- Moore, D. & McCabe G., Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 3th Edition. Freeman, 1998.
- Newbold, P., Statistics for Business and Econometrics. Prentice Hall, 1995.
- Weiss, N.A., Introductory Statistics. Addison Wesley, 1999