Course Syllabus in Statistics with Computer Application

 Course Description

This course includes basic statistical concepts and their application to a variety of business and accounting problems. Topics include exploratory data analysis, probability, sampling, estimation and hypothesis testing. Statistical software is also introduced.

  

Grading Period	Topics
MIDTERMS	1. Overview of Statistics: Basic Concepts and Terms 1.1What is Statistics? 1.2Applications: Everyday Statistics 1.3Descriptive and Inferential Statistics 1.4Population and Sample 1.5Sampling and Randomization 1.6Parameter and Statistics 1.7Primary and Secondary Data 1.8Methods of Data Collection 1.9Variables and Types of Variables 1.10Scales of Measurement of Data
	2. Sources of Data 2.1Familiarization of Government/Non-government Surveys 2.2 Data Gathering and Sampling 2.3 Uses of Official Statistics
	3. Introduction to Statistical Software (PHSTAT2) 3.1 Data Entry 3.2 Data Manipulation
	4. Data Organization: Visual Displays of Data 4.1 Textual 4.2 Tabular 4.2.1 Characteristics of a good table 4.2.2 Generation of Tables Using Computers 4.3 Graphical 4.3.1 Types of Graphs (Line, Bar, Pie, Pictograph, Stem plot, ScatterPlot) 4.3.2 Characteristics of a Good Graph 4.3.3 Generation of Graphs Using Computers 4.3.4 Use and Misuse of Tables and Graphs
	5. Describing Data with Numerical Measures 5.1 Measures of Central Tendency 5.2 Measures of Variability 5.3 Measures of Relative Standing 5.4 Measure of Skewness 5.5 Measure of Linear Relationship BetweenTwo Variables 5.6 Boxplot5.7 Generating Numerical Measures Using Computers (Using PHSTAT or STATISTICA)

FINALS	6. Probability 6.1Basic Concepts of Probability 6.2Expectations 6.3Applications in Popular Games
	7. Normal Probability Distributions 7.1 Characterization of the Normal Distribution 7.2 Standard Normal Distribution 7.3 Applications of Normal Probability Distribution 7.3 Sampling Distributions
	8. Estimation: From Samples to Population 8.1 Estimation of Population Mean 8.2 Estimation of Population Proportion 8.3 Sample Size Determination
	9. Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: Drawing Inferences from Sample Data 9.1 Tests Concerning One Population Mean (z-test, t-test) 9.2 Tests Concerning One Population Proportion (z-test) 9.3 The p-value approach 9.4 Statistical Tests Using PHSTAT2 9.5 Applications