ETW2111

Business data modelling

(BUS)

6 points + First and second semester + Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week + Prerequisite: ETW1640 + Prohibition: ETW1020 and ETW1031

Synopsis: Sources of data; sampling designs; use of data; introduction to inference; confidence limits and t-tests on means and proportions; cross-tabulation, with chi-square, components of chi-square and lambda; simple and multiple linear regression; regression with non-linear terms; regression with dummy variables; introduction to analysis of variance and experimentation; use of a computer package.

Assessment: Test (1 hour): 30% + Examination (3 hours): 65% + Assignment: 5%