84555 - Statistics

Academic Year 2026/2027

  • Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Legal Studies (cod. 6682)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course unit, students know the most important aspects of statistics from the methodological and operational point of view. In particular, students are capable to: - synthesize information in statistical distributions and graphs; - select and calculate the most consistent average values and measures of variability in the light of specific problems concerning given phenomena; - measure the intensity of the relationship between characters, even where they are of different nature.

Course contents

Exploratory Statistics (data classification, mean values, indices of variability and concentration, statistical ratios, index numbers).

Elements of probability (events, logical operations, combinatorics, axioms and basic probability, discrete and continuous random variables).

Statistical Inference (point estimation, interval estimation, hypothesis testing).

Readings/Bibliography

Exhaustive teaching sheets will be available to the students.

Teaching methods

Front lessons in English language.

Assessment methods

Oral examination (approximately 15-20 minutes).

Office hours

See the website of Maurizio Brizzi

SDGs

Reduced inequalities

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.