Offered
Not offered in 2009
Synopsis
Sampling designs and inference; confidence limits and tests on means, proportion, differences. Cross tabulation, with chi square; Simple and multiple linear regression; regression with non-linear terms; regression with dummy variables. Introduction to analysis of variance. Uses Excel.
Objectives
The learning goals associated with this unit are to:
- choose and apply an appropriate sampling design
- understand and interpret confidence intervals and hypothesis tests for means, proportions and variances, and be able to identify significant differences
- understand and conduct regression analyses to interpret and communicate the business value of the results
- understand and conduct one way analysis of variance in business problems
- understand the concept and application of Chi-square test for independence between business variables.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 35%
Examination (2 hours): 65%
Contact hours
Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Prerequisites
ETX1100
Prohibitions
ETX2121, ETW2111, ETC1010, ETX2161, ETX2171