- Docente: Andrea Brugnoli
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-S/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Marketing and Economics of the agro-industrial system (cod. 8526)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to use the main tools both of descriptive statistics and of statistical inference and know information system ( farm structure, prices, crops, livestock and animal products) and economic accounts for the agricultural sector (Esa 95).
Course contents
Elements of descriptive statistics; probability distributions: binomial and normal; statistical inference: distribution of sample means and central limit theorem; confidence interval estimates; the hypotesis test; comparing two means, introduction to ANOVA, simple linear regression and correlation, multiple regression. 6th agricultural census (2010); information system on agriculture and zootechny: economic performance and farm structure, prices, crops, livestock, animal products and means of production. The structure of italian food industry. Economic accounts for the agricultural sector according to Esa-95.
Readings/Bibliography
Moore D. S.- Statistica di base Apogeo, 2005, Milano (Ed. italiana a cura di Tancredi A., Arezzo M. F.)
Fanfani R. Il sistema agroalimentare in Italia, Edagricole, 2009.
Istat: Valore aggiunto ai prezzi di base dell'agricoltura per regione, 2009.
Slides and notes from the lessons.
Teaching methods
Lectures, practical exercises on PC and connections to the internet, seminars
Assessment methods
Written test on the first part of the course contents and final oral examination.
Teaching tools
Overhead projector, PC and videoprojector.
Office hours
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