AFF9510

Quantitative methods in accounting

(BUS)

Dr Ian Beaman

6 points + 3 hours per week + First, second, summer semester + Caulfield, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, (not offered in all locations in all semesters)

Synopsis: Introduction to spreadsheeting; basic mathematics; descriptive statistics; elementary probability; discrete probability distributions; continuous probability distributions; hypothesis testing; forecasting and time series; regression and correlation.

Assessment: Mid semester test (1.5 hours): 10% + Assignment: 20% + Examination (3 hours): 70%