ADDISABABAUNIVERSITY

School
OfCommer ce
COURSEOUTLI
NE`
CourseTi
tl
e:Stat
ist
icsformanagementorint
roduct
iont
ost
ati
sti
cs
CourseCode:
Credi
tVal
ueofModul e:5ECTS( 135hour
s)

CourseDescript
ion:
Thecour seisdesignedt oequipstudentswit
hbasicmet hodsofst at
ist
icaldatacoll
ecti
on,summari
zati
on,
presentat
ionanalysi
s,andi nter
pret
ati
on.Iti
nvol
vesdetai
lmet hodsofdescr i
bingdatabymeansoft abl
es,
graphsanddi agramsaswel lassummar ymeasureli
keav erages,measuresofv ari
ati
onandskew-ness.In
additi
onstudentsarei
ntroducedtoconceptsofpr
obabi
li
ty,
distri
buti
onandcor r
elat
ion.

TOPI
CS:
CHAPTER1: I
ntr
oduction
1.
1 Def i
nit
ionofstat
istics
1.
2I mpor t
ance&Li mitation
1.
3 Ty pesofStati
sti
cs
1.
3.1 Descr ipt
ivest at
ist
ics
1.
3.2 I nf
erenti
alst ati
sti
cs
1.
4 St epsofst at
ist
icali
nv esti
gati
on

CHAPTER2:
Col l
ecti
onofdat a
2.
1.Scalesofmeasurement
s
-Nomi nalscal
e
-ordinalscal
e
-Interval
scale
-Rat i
oscale
2.2Scope
- Census
- Sampl e
2.3.
SamplingTechniques
2.3.
1 Random sampl
i
ng

2.3.1.
1 Si
mplerandom sampl i
ng
2.3.1.
2 Cl
usterrandom sampl i
ng
2.3.1.
3 St
rati
fi
edr andom sampl i
ng
2.3.1.
4 Sy
stemat i
cr andom sampling
2.3.
2 Noner andom sampl i
ng
2.
4 Met
hodsandmeansofcoll
ect i
onofdata
2.4.
1 Primarydat a
2.4.
2 Secondar ydata

CHAPTER3:
Classif
icat
ionandpr esentationofDat a
3.
1 Def init
ionofcl assifi
cation
3.
2 Ty pesofcl assi
ficati
on
3.
3 Pr esent at
ionofdat a
3.3.
1Tabl e- component s,exampl e
- Fr equencydi stri
but
ion
3.3.2.Graphs
3.3.2.
1. Ver ti
cal l
inegraph
3.3.2.
2. Hi stogram
3.3.2.
3. Fr equencypoly gonandcur
ve
3.3.2.
4. Ogi ve
3.3.2.
5. Li negraph

1
 3.
3.3. Char
tsanddiagr
ams
3.
3.3.
1. Barchart
 Si
mple
 Mult
ipl
e
 Component
 Per
centage
3.
3.3.
2. Pi
echar t
3.
3.3.
3. Pi
ctogram

Chapt
er4:MeasureofCent r
alTendency( Av
erage)
4.1.Def i
nit
ionandPur pose
4.
2.Summat i
onNot ati
on
4.
3.Mathemat icalMeasures
4.3.1.Arit
hmeticMean
4.3.2.Geomet r
icMean
4.3.3.HarmonicMean
4.3.4.Relati
onshipbetweenArithmet
icmean,
Geomet
ricMeanandHarmonicMean
4.
4.Posit
ionalMeasur e
4.4.1.Mode
4.4.2.Median
4.4.3.Otherpositi
onalMeasures
4.
5.Propert
iesoft heAverages
 Re l
ati
onbet weenMean,ModeandMedian(Forsy
mmetr
icandskewed
di
str
ibuti
on.)

Chapt
er5:Measur
esofVar iati
on
5.
1. Def initi
onandPur pose
5.
2. Posi t
ional
Measur es–r ange,int
erquart
il
erangeandquar
ti
ledev
iat
ion
5.
3. Mat hematicalMeasur e
5.
3.1. Av erageDev i
ationfrom Mean, ModeandMedian
5.
3.2. StandardDev iationandVariance
5.
4. Rel ativeMeasur esofv ariat
ion

Chapt
er6: Li
nearCorrelat
ionandLinearRegressi
on
6.
1.Li
nearCorr
elat
ion
6.
1.1. Definit
ionandt y
pes
6.
1.2. ScatterDiagram
6.
1.3. Measur ingSimpleLinearCor
relat
ion
6.
2.Li
nearRegr
ession
6.
2.1. Definit
ionofSimpleLinearCorrel
ati
on
6.
2.2. LeastSquar esMet hod
6.
2.3. RegressionEquat i
onofYonXandXonY
6.
2.4. Predicti
on
6.
3.Rel
ati
onshi
pbet weenCor rel
ati
onandRegr essi
on

Chapt
er7:I
ntr
oduct i
ontoEl ement ar
yPr obabi
li
ty
7.
1.Count i
ngMet hods
7.
2.Defi
niti
onofPr obabili
ty
7.2.1ClassicalApproach
7.2.1.1.Importantter
ms(sampl espace,eventet
c)
7.2.1.2.Defini
ti
onofpr obabi
li
tyofanevent
7.2..
2.Rel ativeFrequencyAppr oach
7.
3.Propert
ies
7.
4.Conditi
onalProbabi l
i
ty
7.
5.Multi
pli
cati
onRul e
7.
6.Addit
ionRule

2
Chapt
er8: Probabili
tyDistr
ibuti
on
8.
1 Random Var iabl
e
8.
2 ExpectedVal ue
8.
3 Bi
nomial Probabil
ityDi
stri
buti
on
8.
4 Poi
sonPr obabili
tyDistr
ibut
ion
8.
5 Normal Probabil
i
tyDistri
buti
on

Cour
seAssessment
s
TypeofEval
uati
on DueDat
e
Midsemesterexam 35%
Assi
gnment 15%
Fi
nalexam 50%

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