- Docente: Lucio Picci
- SSD: SECS-S/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
International Politics and Markets (cod. 9226)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Interdisciplinary research and studies on Eastern Europe (cod. 8049)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students will be provided with the basic statistical tools for analyzing and describing a set of data through graphical representations and summary measures, in both univariate and bivariate problems. Moreover, the students will be able to deal with: 1) basic tools of probability theory and its applications, 2) inferential methods of point and interval estimation and hypothesis testing.
Course contents
PLEASE NOTE: see the updated syllabus here.
1. Descriptive statistics
2. Probability
3. Probability distributions
4. Sampling distributions
5. Estimation
6. Test of hypothesis
Readings/Bibliography
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Teaching methods
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Links to further information
https://sites.google.com/view/quantitativemethods/
Office hours
See the website of Lucio Picci