ETW1102 - Business statistics

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 2007 (Day)
Berwick Second semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Malaysia First semester 2007 (Day)
Malaysia Second semester 2007 (Day)
Malaysia Summer semester A 2007 (Day)
Peninsula First semester 2007 (Day)
Peninsula Second semester 2007 (Day)
Singapore First semester 2007 (Off-campus)
Singapore Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)
South Africa First semester 2007 (Day)
South Africa Second semester 2007 (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

BMS11, BUS1100, PMM2020, ETC1000, ETW1000, ETX1100