Statistics for Economics and Management
Code
1305
Academic unit
null
Department
null
Credits
7,5
Teacher in charge
José António Pinheiro
Teaching language
English
Objectives
To study the techniques and the tools of modern statistics decision making.
Prerequisites
Compulsory pre-requisite:
- 1304 Data Analysis and Probability
Subject matter
The bridge between descriptive statistics and inductive statistics
The reference continuous distributions
The sampling distributions
Point and interval estimators
Hypothesis testing
Introduction to econometrics
Bibliography
McClave, Benson, and Sincich
Statistics for Business & Economics, 11th Edition, Pearson International Edition, Prentice Hall, 2008. This is the main textbook for the course.
Teaching method
1.Formal theoretical lessons with reference tools and concepts linked to real situations
2.Practical courses with solved problems and proposed problems
Evaluation method
Three mini tests of which have the two best each one with the value 20% and a final exam with the value 60%