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FACULTY of ECONOMICS and ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES / DEPARTMENT of LABOR ECONOMICS and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS /
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EKO2000Statistics3+0+0ECTS:4
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseFirst Cycle
Status Compulsory
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of LABOR ECONOMICS and INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. Mustafa KÖSEOĞLU
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The aim of this course is to present descriptive statistical knovledge and some statistical ınference methods.
 
Learning OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
LO - 1 : understand the statistical concepts, estimation and test methods2,3,4,51
LO - 2 : explain the estimation and test methods2,3,4,51
LO - 3 : apply the estimation and test methods2,3,4,51
LO - 4 : determine the appropriate estimation and test methods2,3,4,51
LO - 5 : inference about the population. 2,3,4,51
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Basic Concepts, Statistical Presentations, Location and Variability Measures, Probability, Random Variables, Expected Value and Variance, Distributions of random Variables, Sampling, Point and Interval Estimation, Hypothesis Tests, Simple Linear Regression.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Basic Concepts: Scales, discrete and continuous variables, complete count and population parameters, random sampling and sample statistics
 Week 2Data Presentations: Frequency distributions, histogram and frequency polygons, frequency curves, cumulative and relative distributions, the "and-under" type of frequency distributions
 Week 3Measures of Location: Arithmetic mean, median, mode, quartiles, deciles and percentiles
 Week 4Measures of Variability: The range, the variance and standard deviation, the coefficient of variation, coefficient of skewness
 Week 5Basic Concepts on Probability: Axioms of probability, some important rules on probability, conditional probability, rules of multiplications, independent events, rules of addition
 Week 6Random Variables: Probability function, distribution functions, expected value and variance, skewness and kurtosis
 Week 7Distribution of Random Variables: Bernoulli and Binomial distributions, Normal distributions
 Week 8Mid-term exam
 Week 9Sampling: Population and sample, random sampling, sampling distribution, central limit theorem
 Week 10Point and Interval Estimation: Point estimation, confidence interval for mean and proportion, the student t-distribution, required sample size for estimating mean and proportion
 Week 11Hypothesis Testing: Type I and type II errors, hypothesis testing for mean and proportion
 Week 12Hypothesis Testing: Chi-square distribution and goodness of fit tests
 Week 13Analysis of Variance: One-way analysis of variance
 Week 14Regression and Correlation Analysis: The simple linear regression and corrlation anaysis
 Week 15Marrix approach to simple linear regression analysis
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Newbold, P. (Çev. Şenesen, Ü.) 2000; İşletme ve İktisat İçin İstatistik, Literatür Yayıncılık, İstanbul
2Türedi, N. 2008; İstatistik ve İhtimale Giriş, Celepler Matbaası, Trabzon
3Türedi, N. 2004; Uygulamalı İstatistik Yöntemler, Celepler Matbaası, Trabzon
 
Recommended Reading
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 25/11/2012 1,00 50
End-of-term exam 16 15/01/2013 1,00 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 4 14 56
Sınıf dışı çalışma 5 14 70
Arasınav için hazırlık 10 1 10
Arasınav 1 1 1
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 12 1 12
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Total work load150