AFX9510

Quantitative methods

(BUS)

Caulfield: Dr Ian Beaman; Gippsland: Dr Mindi Nath

6 points + 3 hours per week + First, second, summer semesters + Caulfield, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong (not offered in all locations in all semesters + OCDL, approximately 12 hours per week + First semester + Gippsland

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: on-campus: Mid-semester test (conducted in class): 10% + Assignment: 20% + Examination (3 hours): 70% + Distance: Two assignments (each 15%): 30% + Examination (3 hours): 70%