Statistics I
Code
2433
Teacher in charge
José António Pinheiro
Teaching language
Objectives
It is an introductory course on statistics for students without former knowledge of the subject.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1. Statistics in our day to day life
2. The essential on Descriptive Statistics
3. Introduction to Probability in the perspective of managers
4. Discrete reference distributions
5. Continuous reference distributions
10 Discrete Random variables and distributions
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
-Newbold, Carlson & Thorne, Statistics for Business and Economics, Pearson
-International Edition, 6th ed. Pearson
-International Edition, 2007 ISBN 0‐13‐814250‐5.
Teaching method
Formal lessons with reference tools and concepts linked to real business and management problems.
Evaluation method
-Permanent assessment: one small questionnaire per week.
-This is a pass or fail course.