Offered
Gippsland Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Hong Kong Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Singapore Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Synopsis
Introduction to quantitative methods and statistics in business and commerce. Topics include presentation of business data, index numbers, financial and economic performance indicators, accessing and using Australian Bureau of Statistics data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, marginal analysis, frequency and probability distributions, regression and correlation, simple hypothesis testing, sampling methods and applications, statistics in quality management with applications in service and production industry.
Assessment
Assignments: 30%
Examination:70%
Prerequisites
Normal entry to the Master of Business Systems course will ensure a suitable level of quantitative skills. Students should be familiar with the operation of a personal computer and a basic calculator.
Prohibitions
Translation set GCO4807
