ETW1102

Business statistics ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Gippsland: Dr Mindi Nath, Berwick: Dr Jill Wright; Malaysia: Dr Santha Vaithilingham; Peninsula: Mr Hugh O'Reilly; South Africa: To be advised

Offered:
Berwick First semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2005 (OCL)
Hong Kong First semester 2005 (OCL)
Malaysia First semester 2005 (Day)
Peninsula First semester 2005 (Day)
Singapore First semester 2005 (OCL)
South Africa First semester 2005 (Day)
Malaysia SA-02 2005 (Day)
Berwick Second semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2005 (OCL)
Malaysia Second semester 2005 (Day)
Peninsula Second semester 2005 (Day)
Singapore Second semester 2005 (OCL)
South Africa Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: Introduction to spreadsheeting. Descriptive statistics. Elementary probability. Discrete and continuous probability distributions. Statistical inference. Simple linear regression and correlation. Forecasting and time series. Index numbers.

Assessment: Assignments and tests: 30% + Final examination (3 hours): 70%

Contact Hours: Two 1-hour lectures, one 2-hour tutorial per week

Prohibitions: ETW1000, ETW1640