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This document provides an outline for a statistics course at Chinhoyi University of Technology. The course will introduce fundamental statistics concepts to business students. It will be facilitated by Mr. B. T. Mawire and will have classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Students will be assessed based on assignments, tests, and a final exam. The course will cover topics such as data collection, presentation, averages, spread, probability, and more across 15 lectures. Students are expected to apply the concepts learned in their fourth year dissertations and decision making.

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Chinhoyi University of Technology

This document provides an outline for a statistics course at Chinhoyi University of Technology. The course will introduce fundamental statistics concepts to business students. It will be facilitated by Mr. B. T. Mawire and will have classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Students will be assessed based on assignments, tests, and a final exam. The course will cover topics such as data collection, presentation, averages, spread, probability, and more across 15 lectures. Students are expected to apply the concepts learned in their fourth year dissertations and decision making.

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CHINHOYI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
CUMT105 Introduction to Statistics (BUSINESS Class)

COURSE OUTLINE Semester: Aug - Dec 2019

A WARM WELCOME TO YOU.

Facilitator (Office): Mr B. T. Mawire (Block 2 Prefab 11)

Class Time (Venue): Tuesday 09 15 - 11 15 (Gym H.)& Wednesday 07 00 - 09 00 (Gym H.)

Objectives of the Course


Introducing the fundamental concepts in Statistics to the student in the School of En-
trepreneurship and Business Sciences so as to help (1) enhance their appreciation of the
field, (2) improve their statistical literacy, and (3) empower them with the ability to make
sense of data. At the core, the student is basically expected to apply the concepts exposed
in this course when (1) dealing with data in their fourth year dissertations; and (2) making
informed or evidenced-based decisions in life.

Assessment of the Student

1. Assignments
Assignments are due and will be submitted on the day tests are written. Each student
submits their own assignment. Meeting deadlines is a commendable habit hence no late
assignments will be accepted and, consequently, a mark of ZERO will be recorded. Though
students are encouraged to discuss their areas of difficulty with classmates and highlight
them during tutorials, the final submission work MUST independently be written.

2. Tests
Each test will be ONE hour FIFTEEN minutes long, carrying FORTY marks, closed book,
and written under examination conditions. For any student caught cheating - in whatever
form -, a mark of ZERO will be recorded.

3. The Examination
The examination is THREE hours long. Each and every concept contained herein has an
equal chance of being examined.

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CUMT105 = 10 credits

4. Computation of Assessment Marks


The Final Mark will be computed as

Coursework M ark + 70 × Examination M ark


where the Coursework Mark is calculated as follows:
   
T1 T2 A1 A2
12 × + +3× + .
40 40 40 40

For the purposes of determining the coursework mark TWO tests and TWO assignments
will be given. The coursework mark is simply 30% of the final mark and A1, A2, T1 & T2
marks are KPIs (key performance indicators). From the onset, the student is therefore
advised to take heed and do their assignments and meet the specified assignment submission
deadlines; be present on the indicated dates to write the tests; and collect their marked
scripts for revision and verification.

Some Critical Information


The student will have to observe that (1) punctuality for classes is great practice; (2) mobile
phones are to be put on silent during lectures, tutorials and tests to avoid distracting and or
disturbing others; (3) respect for diversity of thought and opinion is encouraged; (4) giving
others a chance to speak is honourable and if he or she wishes to speak, they must do so
through the facilitator; (5) cheating in its various forms is a SERIOUS offense and if caught
the student will be penalised in line with the University’s General Academic Regulations; (6)
the attached recommended list of formulae will be brought for use during tests and hence
must not be written on; (7) they are encouraged to form study groups of size ten with
colleagues; (8) it is imperative for male students to remove head gear when indoors; (9) they
will enjoy their learning in this course if they keep their attitude towards the course positive
and deliberately choose to be active participants as opposed to being passive spectators;
and (10) all communication to the facilitator will be via e-mail and will be addressed to
[email protected] with a subject line of the form:
CUMT105 - firstname(s) - surname - registration - number: PURPOSE.

The Content to be Covered

No. of No. of Test/


Section Concepts/Topics
Lectures Hours Assign.
Important Concepts. Uses of Statistics (Relevance of
The Fundamentals 1 2 T1
this Course)
Discrete & Continuous. Measurement Scales:
Data & its Sources nominal, ordinal, interval, & ratio. Internal & 2 4 A1 &T1
External. Primary & Secondary.
TUTORIAL 1 Tutorial Worksheet 1 1 2
Probability Sampling: simple random; systematic;
Sampling
stratified; & cluster. Non-Probability Sampling: 2 4 T1
Procedures
judgmental; convenience; snowball; & quota.
Data Collection Observation. Interviews. Experimentation. 1 2 T1

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No. of No. of Test/


Section Concepts/Topics
Lectures Hours Assign.
TUTORIAL 2 Tutorial Worksheet 2 1 2
Stem & Leaf display. Frequency Table. Pie chart.
Data Presentation Bar chart. Histogram. Frequency Polygon. Ogive. 2 4 A1 & T1
Box & Whisker plot.
TUTORIAL 3 Tutorial Worksheet 3 1 2

TEST 1: 01.10.2019 Concepts with T1 label 1 2 09 15


Averages: mode, median, mean; Spread: range,
Averages & Spread variance, standard deviation, quartiles, percentiles, 2 4 A2 & T2
skewness, coefficient of variation. Ungrouped
Data Case
TUTORIAL 4 Tutorial Worksheet 4 1 2
Averages: mode, median, mean; Spread: range,
Averages & Spread variance, standard deviation, quartiles,percentiles, 3 6 A1 & T2
skewness, coefficient of variation. Grouped Data
Case
TUTORIAL 5 Tutorial Worksheet 5 1 2
Some Important Concepts in Probability. Conditional
Basic Probability 3 6 A2 & T2
probability. The tree diagram as a method of solution.
TUTORIAL 6 Tutorial Worksheet 6 1 2

TEST 2: 05.11.2019 Concepts with T2 label 1 2 09 15

Recommended Reading and Reference Material


1. Chasakara et al New General Mathematics Book 3
2. Chasakara et al New General Mathematics Book 4
3. Groebner, Shanon, Fry and Smith Business Statistics, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001
4. Wegner T. Applied Business Statistics - Methods and Applications, Juta & Co. Ltd, 1999
5. Muchengetwa S. Business Statistics, ZOU Module

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