March-July 2013

QMT181

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA KAMPUS BANDARAYA MELAKA __________________________________________________________________________ Course Course Code Semester Lecturer Room Contact No. Week 1-2 : : : : : : Introduction to Statistics QMT 181 March July 2013 Farah Nadzirah bt Jamrus L10 - 01 06-2857060/ 010-4001501 Topics Remark 1. Introduction to Statistics Types of Statistics Types of Data Types of Variable Sampling Techniques Data Collection Methods 2. Describing Data Tabular and graphical methods o Organizing and Graphing Qualitative and Quantitative Data Numerical methods o Measures of Central Tendency o Measures of Position o Measures of Dispersion o Measures of Skewness 3. Correlation & Simple Linear Regression Pearsons Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Spearmans Rank Correlation Coefficient Coefficient of Determination Simple Linear Regression using the least squares method (LSM) 4. Time Series Analysis Time series component Trend Analysis Seasonal Variation Forecast 5. Index Numbers Price, Quantity and Value Index Simple & Aggregate Index Weighted Index 6. Probability Basic Concepts Set Operations Counting Principles Bayes Theorem

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March-July 2013

QMT181

Assessment

Final examination One 3-hour paper Course work Quizzes Assignments Tests 1. 2.

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