ST140 : Principles of Statistics 1

Department

Department of Financial planning

Academic Program

Bachelor in Financial Planing

Type

General

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

This course enables the student to use statistical measures and apply them to the studied phenomena, and acquires the initial knowledge of the rules of statistical analysis. In addition, the student will learn about the importance of statistics in practice and its keeping pace with scientific developments. As a result of this course, the student should deduce the significance of numbers in statistics.

Intended learning outcomes

1. Knowledge and understanding : That the student is acquainted with the basic theoretical and applied principles of the course. That the student understand how to summarize the characteristics of the society under study. The student should compare the types of statistical data and how to represent them graphically. That the student remember the most important measures used in describing the data

2. Mental skills: The student should be able to know the types of data and how to display them in tables. That the student connects between methods of entering data into the computer and how to draw conclusions. That the student be able to know the application of statistical measures according to the type of data. The student should master the link between dealing with numbers and their relationship to practical reality.

3. Scientific and professional skills: Providing the student with the skill of using statistical foundations on computers. Provide the student with data analysis and description statistically. Providing the student with how to describe and analyze the characteristics of the society under study in practice. Providing the student with saving time and effort in the use and application of statistics in various fields. The student learns to measure the degree and type of correlation between the studied variables and phenomena

4. General Skills: That the student has the ability to dialogue and discussion. The student should be able to communicate and communicate with others. The student should be able to manage time. The student should be able to work in a team.

Teaching and learning methods

1. Attending lectures required for the course.

2. Asking some questions and raising some issues in the lecture and involving the students in answering and discussing them.

3. Giving the student a task that needs to be accomplished.

4. Assign students to prepare a summary of the lessons according to their understanding of the lecture.

Methods of assessments

Midterm Exam 20%

Oral Exam 20%

Final Exam 60%

Hours

Scientific subject

The week

3

The concept of statistics, its divisions, and data types

1

3

Methods and methods of data collection

2

3

Frequency distribution tables for data types

3

6

Describe, display, organize and represent data graphically

4,5

6

Measures of central tendency

6,7

3

Relationship between averages

8

3

Dispersion measures

9

3

Torsion and kurtosis

10

6

Correlation and simple linear regression

11,12

6

Introduction to possibilities

13,14