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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Economics and Commerce : Economics

316-129 Business Statistics

Note:

Students may not gain credit for both 316-129 Business Statistics and 316-130 Quantitative Methods 1.

Coordinator:

Assoc. Professor G Lim

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • succinctly summarise the properties of data sets which typically arise in economics and finance;

  • know and understand the properties and uses of theoretical statistical distributions;

  • use sample information to make statistical inferences about a population.

Content:

Data analysis; major probability distributions; point and interval estimation; hypothesis testing. Applications to Accounting, Economics and Finance.

Assessment:

A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (70%) assignments not exceeding 50 pages in total (20%) and a mark based on tutorial attendance and participation (10%).

Prescribed Texts:

  • Weiers R M, Introduction to Business Statistics, 2nd ed. Dryden Press.
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