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SYLLABUS PLAN
• An Introduction to Statistics
• Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods
• Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods
• Introduction to Probability
• Discrete Probability Distributions
• Continuous Probability Distributions
• Sampling and Sampling Distributions
• Interval Estimation
• Hypothesis Tests
• Statistical Inference about Means and Proportions with two Populations
• Inference about Population Variances
• Tests of Goodness of Fit and Independence
• Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design
• Simple Linear Regression
• Multiple Regression
• Regression Analysis: Model Building
• Revision
INDICATIVE LEARNING RESOURCES
Indicative basic reading list:
The main text is:
• Anderson, D., Sweeney, D., Williams, T., Freeman, J. and Shoesmith, E. (2010) Statistics for
Business and Economics, 2 nd edition, Andover, Hampshire: Cengage Learning.
Students will also find useful the material in:
• Bowerman, L., O’Connell, R., Orris, J. and E. Murphree (2008), Essentials of Business
Statistics, 3 rd edition, London: McGraw-Hill.
• Barrow, M. (2006) Statistics for Economics, Accounting & Business Studies, 4 th edition,
London: Financial Times Prentice Hall.
DATE OF LAST REVISION June 2010