QMS 061: Applied General Statistics

Course Objectives
 To acquaint students with comprehensive on numerical data and tools of analysis
 The Applied General Statistics will enable students to be aware of some of the
statistical tools for data analysis
Learning Outcomes
Students will have understanding in the general concept of applied statistics
Core course in: DASI
Credit points: 12
Contacts hours 120
Course Contents
Topic one: Introduction to statistics
 What is statistics
 Why statistics
 Data, measurements and variables; population and samples
Topic Two: Descriptive statistics
 Data collection, organization and presentation
 Measures of central tendency
6 Measures of dispersion
Topic Three: Probability theory
 Classical theory of probability
 Random variables and probability distribution
 Normal distribution
 Sampling distribution
Topic Four: Understand the linear relationship between two variables
 State the simple linear regression model
 Fit a straight line by the least squares methods to a set of bivariate data
 Construct confidence intervals for the regression coefficients.
 Carry out test of hypothesis about the regression coefficients
 Explain and use the F-test in regression analysis for the two variable cases
  Check for deviation from assumptions on the regression model.
Topic Five: Understand the correlation between two variables
 Define the correlation between two Variables
 Calculate and interpret the product moment, coefficient of correlation
 Construct confidence intervals for correlation coefficients
 Carry out test of hypothesis about the product moment coefficient of correlation.
Topic Six: Understand multiple regression between two independent variables
 State the multiple linear regression Model
 Compute linear regression coefficients
 Construct confidence intervals for regression coefficients
 Carry out test of hypothesis for the regression coefficients
 Apply analysis of variance (ANOVA) in multiple linear regression analysis
 Select the best regression equation stepwise
Topic Seven: Understand the analysis of contingency tables
 Define attributes, factors and factor levels, explain the dichotomous
 Classification of attributes,
 Explain the manifold classification of attributes,
 Define contingency tables; Apply the χ2 test of independence of dichotomous
classification, Describe Yates contingency correction for a 2*2 contingency table.
 Assess the validity of Yates, continuity correction
 Describe Fisher's exact test, Derive the formulae for Fisher's exact test,
 Assess the validity for Fishers 6.10
 Assess the validity for Fishers exact test.
Teaching and learning activities
Lectures, seminars, individual and group assignments/presentation
Assessment:
The coursework mark consist of a number of assessments of both class- based (Test 1, 10%:
Test 2, 15% and Test 3, 15%) and home-based (Assignments, 10%) tasks, will comprise 50%
of the final mark, with an Examination written at the end of the course, comprising the other
50% (i.e. Final Mark is an aggregate of the coursework mark and the final examination)
Reading List:
General Statistics, 4th Edition, by Warren Chase and Fred Brown, Wiley 2000
David, S.M; George, P.M. (1993). Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 2nd Ed.
Published By W.H.Freeman Company.
Agresti, A. 1990. Categorical Data Analysis. John Wiley and Sons.