23645 - Elements of Statistics 1

Academic Year 2008/2009

  • Docente: Paola Bortot
  • Credits: 4
  • SSD: SECS-S/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and Accounting (cod. 0023)

Learning outcomes

Basic elements of Descriptive Statistics

Course contents

Frequency distributions and graphical tools. Measures of location and dispersion. Two-way contigency tables. Stochastic independence. Chi-squared index. Linear dependence: correlation and linear regression. Index numbers.

Readings/Bibliography

S. BORRA e A. DI CIACCIO (2004). Statistica. Metodologie per le Scienze Economiche e Sociali, McGraw-Hill, Milano.

Course notes downloadable from the lecturer's web page.

Assessment methods

Written exam and oral exam (optional).

 

 

Links to further information

http://www2.stat.unibo.it/bortot/default.html

Office hours

See the website of Paola Bortot