Introduction to Statistics (MAY431)

Undergraduate Courses Outlines - Department of Mathematics

General

School	School of Science
Academic Unit	Department of Mathematics
Level of Studies	Undergraduate
Course Code	ΜΑΕ431
Semester	4
Course Title	Introduction to Statistics
Independent Teaching Activities	Lectures (Weekly Teaching Hours: 4, Credits: 7.5)
Course Type	General Background
Prerequisite Courses	-
Language of Instruction and Examinations	Greek
Is the Course Offered to Erasmus Students	Yes (in English, reading Course)
Course Website (URL)	-

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes	At the end of the course student should be able to: Understand the meaning of the population and the random sample. Present summary quantitative and qualitative data. Estimate unknown population parameters. Carry out basic statistical hypothesis, and finally, Be able to simply adapt linear regression models and conduct one way analysis of variance.
General Competences	Working independently Decision-making Production of free, creative and inductive thinking Criticism and self-criticism

Syllabus

Descriptive Statistics. Population, Samples & Random Samples. Frequencies, Histograms & Frequencies Statistics. Statistics & Sampling Distributions. χ2, t & F Distributions. Sampling from Normal Populations. Statistical Inference: Parameter Estimation & Tests of Hypotheses. Simple Linear Regression. One-Way & Two-Way Analysis of Variance.

Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation

Delivery

Classroom (face-to-face)

Use of Information and Communications Technology

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Teaching Methods

Activity	Semester Workload
Lectures (13 X 4)	52
Working independently	104
Exercises-Homeworks	31.5
Course total	187.5

Student Performance Evaluation

Final written exam in Greek (in case of Erasmus students in English).

Attached Bibliography

See the official Eudoxus site or the local repository of Eudoxus lists per academic year, which is maintained by the Department of Mathematics. Additionally:

Mendenhall, W., Scheaffer, R. L. and Wackerly, D. D.(1981). Mathematical Statistics with Applications. 2d ed. ISBN: 0-534-98019-8. Duxbury Press. Boston