ETW1102 - Business statistics
6 points, SCA Band 0 (NATIONAL PRIORITY), 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate Faculty of Business and Economics
Leader(s): Dr Mindi Nath (Gippsland); Dr Jill Wright (Berwick); Dr Santha Vaithilingham (Malaysia); Mr Hugh O'Reilly (Peninsula); To be advised (South Africa)
Offered
Berwick First semester 2009 (Day)
Berwick Second semester 2009 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2009 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Gippsland Second semester 2009 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Sunway First semester 2009 (Day)
Sunway Second semester 2009 (Day)
Singapore First semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Peninsula First semester 2009 (Day)
Peninsula Second semester 2009 (Day)
South Africa First semester 2009 (Day)
South Africa Second semester 2009 (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
Within semester assessment: 30%
Final examination (3 hours): 70%
Contact hours
Two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour tutorial per week
Prohibitions
BMS11, BUS1100, PMM2020, ETC1000, ETW1000, ETX1100, SCI1020, STA1010