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Course Title: Introduction to Statistical Analysis Course Code: ESB4154 Status: Degree Credit Value: 4

Semester: September Year: 2011 Course Plan Version: Final Amendment Date: 16/09/2011

INTRODUCTION: The course is designed to include basic topics deemed crucial for problem formulation and understanding of the foundations of statistical thinking and reasoning. The concepts of statistical analysis will be stressed. The course will place an emphasis on the development of critical thinking skills. To aid in the analysis of data, extensive and intelligent use will be made of the computer where virtually every assignment involving the computer in some fashion. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this course is 1. To provide students with important statistical concepts in descriptive and inferential statistics. 2. To expose students to the statistical techniques such as basic numerical techniques used in describing and summarizing important characteristics or features of a set of data. 3. To enable students to understand the elementary concepts of probability, random variables, continuous probability distributions, random sampling and sampling distributions, statistical inferences, and regression analysis and correlation analysis. 4. To enable students to interpret statistical reports. 5. To foster personal growth of students through critical thinking, use of technology, collaborative works and development of communication skills. LEARNING OUTCOME: Upon successful completion of the course, the student should be able to: 1. describe and explain the basic statistical concepts and its various uses and interpretations; 2. interpret available data logically and making appropriate decisions in a contextual framework; 3. demonstrate related statistical computation and apply appropriate statistical methods to draw and summarized research data; and 4. interpret results of statistical analysis and report that results accordingly. COURSE TOPICS: 1. Introduction to Statistics: Definitions of Statistics, Parameter, Statistic, Population, Sample, Definition of Descriptive Statistics, Inferential Statistics, Probability Theory. Summation Notation. Types of data. 2. Graphical Descriptions of Data: Stem and Leaf Displays, Histograms, Box Plots, Bivariate Relationships. 3. Numerical Descriptive Measures: Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, Mode, Weighted mean. Measures of Variability: Range, Variance, Standard Deviation, Coefficient of Variation. Measures of Relative Standing: Quartiles, Percentiles. 4. Probability: Events, Sample Space, Event Operations, Probability Functions, Conditional Probability, Statistical Independence, Random Sampling. 5. Discrete Probability Distribution: Types of Random Variables, Probability Distribution Function of a Discrete Random Variable, Mean and Variance, Expectations, Bernoulli Processes, Binomial

Distribution, Sampling With and Without Replacement, Hyper geometric Distribution, Finite Population Correction Factor, Approximating a Hyper geometric Distribution with a Binomial Distribution. 6. Continuous Probability Distribution: Probability Density Function, Uniform Distribution, Triangular Distribution, Normal Distribution. 7. Sampling Distributions: Random Sampling, Sampling With or Without Replacement from a Finite or Infinite Population, Sampling Distribution, Unbiasedness, Mean and Variance of the Sample Mean, Mean of the Sample Variance, Central Limit Theorem. 8. Tests of Hypotheses: Student's t Distribution, Confidence Intervals, Tests of Hypotheses, Inferences on a Population Mean, Sampling Distribution of the Difference Between Two Independent Statistics, Inferences on the Difference Between Two Population Means under Independent Sampling, Paired Difference Experiments, Inferences on a Population Proportion, Inferences on the Difference Between Two Population Proportions, Determining the Sample Size. 9. Simple Linear Regression: Assumptions, The Least-Squares Principle, Sums of Squares, Analysis-of-Variance Table, Inferences on the Intercept and Slope, Inferences on the Error Variance, Coefficients of Correlation and Determination, Assessing the Usefulness of the Model, F Distribution, Prediction, Prediction Bands, Dangers in Extrapolating Outside the Observed Range. 10. One-Way Analysis of Variance: Definition of Analysis-of-Variance Models, Types of Analysis-ofVariance Models, Balanced and Unbalanced Designs, Elementary Principles of Design of Experiments, Completely Randomized Design, Among- and Within-Treatments Sums of Squares, Inferences on Treatment Contrasts, Main and Interaction Effects. TEXT BOOKS: 1. Mario F. Triola (2006). Elementary Statistics. Tenth Edition. Pearson Education. ADDITIONAL READINGS: 1. John E. Freund & Benjamin M. Perles (2007). Modern Elementary Statistics. Pearson Education. 2. Frederick J Gravetter & Larry B. Wallnau (2005). Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences. Fifth Edition. Thomson Learning. 3. Ajit C. Tamhane, Ajit C. & Dunlop, Dorothy D. (2000). Statistics and Data Analysis: From Elementary to Intermediate. Prentice Hall Inc. th 4. Sanders, Donald H. & Smidt, Robert K. (2000). Statistics: A First Course. 6 edition. McGraw Hill. 5. Robert Johnson & Patricia Kuby (2004). Elementary Statistics. Ninth Edition. Thomson Learning. 6. Gene V Glass & Julian C. Stanley (1970). Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology . Prentice-Hall. COURSE POLICY/ATTENDANCE POLICY Students are required to abide by the universitys Academic Regulation pertaining to all matters during their course of study. Students are advised to take note that class attendance is very important.

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STUDY GUIDE (UNIRAZAK PINTAR CAMPUS SECTION 2) THURSDAY 11:00 12:00 VENUE: TR42

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TOPICS 1. Introduction to Statistics 2. Graphical Description of Data 3. Numerical Descriptive Measures 3. Numerical Descriptive Measures (cont.) 4. Probability 5. Discrete Probability Distribution 6. Continuous Probability Distribution MID SEMESTER BREAK

ASSIGNMENT / QUIZ/ EXAMINATION Assignment Posted Exercise 1 Exercise 2

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MID SEMESTER TEST 7. Sampling Distributions 8. Test of Hypotheses 9. Simple Linear Regression 10. One-Way Analysis of Variance 10. One-Way Analysis of Variance (cont.) REVISION WEEK Wednesday 1101-12 09:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Exercise 4 Assignment Due

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