33508 - Crash Course in Statistics

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Docente: Cinzia Franceschini
  • SSD: SECS-S/03
  • Language: English
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Business Administration (cod. 0897)

Learning outcomes

Basic knowledge of statistics: mean dependence, linear dependence, absolute dependence. Statistic tests, basic probability.

Course contents

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will have a good knowledge of basic and advanced multivariate statistical techniques useful to conduct statistical analysis on real dataset. The course blends theory and practice for a better understanding of the subject.

Course contents

Fundamental concepts

Linear regression

Principal components

Cluster analysis

Correspondence Analysis

Projection Pursuit

Readings/Bibliography

Recommended Readings

Izenman, A. J. (2008). Modern Multivariate Statistical Techniques: Regression, Classification, and Manifold Learning, Springer.

Teaching methods

Frontal Lectures

Assessment methods

No final test, this is a crash course.

Teaching tools

Blackboard, slides.

Office hours

See the website of Cinzia Franceschini