The Islamic University of Gaza
Faculty of Commerce
Department of Economics and Political Sciences
Basic Statistics - ECOE 1302
Spring Semester 2014
Instructors
Dr. Nafez Barakat
Mr. Ibrahim Abed
Email:
Email: ibabed@mail.iugaza.edu.ps
Website: http://site.iugaza.edu.ps/Barakat
Website: http://site.iugaza.edu.ps/ibabed
Time & location:
Time & location: (201): 10:00-11:00,SMW, L404
: (202): 8:00-9:30,
Office hours:
NT, N318
Office hours: 9:00-10:00 S W , 9:30-11:00N
&11:00-12: T
Course objectives:
Statistics is the science of obtaining, analyzing and interpreting data and has applications in almost
every field. As such, it is a part of the daily life of every informed person and an absolutely essential
tool for researchers of almost all disciplines. The goals of this course are to provide you with an
understanding of the basic concepts in statistics and ways of thinking statistically. I hope that this
course will help you to evaluate numerical arguments critically and to appreciate the impact of
statistical ideas on your academic discipline. In your text, this covers chapters 1, 3, 6-12.
Required text:
Business Statistics, Sixth edition, 2013, Levine, D. M., Krehbiel, T. C., Berenson, M. L., Stephan, D. F., Prentice
Hall , New Jersey .
ISBN-10: 0132934531 • ISBN-13: 9780132934534
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Advice:
I will expect students to attend and participate in all lectures and recitations and to read and understand the
book and work text problems. I cannot overemphasize the importance of both reading and practicing over the
course of the entire semester! Start reading and working problems from day 1.
The book is written well enough so that you can read it on your own. You will be expected to know the
material even if we don't cover it in class.
Note:
Some people suffer from "math anxiety." A common symptom of this is paralysis when faced with a math
problem, and a reluctance to put anything down on paper lest it be wrong. The solution to this is practice, and
resolution in making mistakes. Write down all the solutions you can think of, and then examine them to find
the errors. Waste lots of paper!
Some people find themselves studying for a long time without making progress. This can be
counterproductive. If this sounds like you then either set a time limit for yourself or study until you feel
that additional time will not be productive. Then stop. I repeat: just stop. Don't feel bad about it. I have
the same experience. I can only work at a problem for so long before I have to stop.
Come back to the problem later. If you still can't make progress, come see me. Perhaps we can say the
right thing to get you going again.
Exams:
There will be one midterm examinations plus a final exam. The formula sheet will be given for each exam.
Review sessions will be held prior to each exam. The tentative dates will be announced later. Please check your
schedules for possible conflicts.
Midterm Exam
To be announced
Final Exam
To be announced
Grading:
Your grade will be determined by your Exams as shown and described below:
10% Homework
30% Midterm Exam
60% Final Exam
Attendance:
Students are expected to attend all classes. It is your responsibility to keep informed of any announcements; e.g.,
exams dates, syllabus adjustments or policy changes made during scheduled classes.
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Tentative Schedule:
Note that this is a tentative schedule and is subject to changes.
Chapter
Topics and Problems
Week and Date
1
3
6
7
7
8
8
Introduction and Data Collection (4,5,9)
Numerical Descriptive Measures (10,12,15,27,37)
The Normal Distribution (2,6,8)
Sampling and Sampling Distributions (11,18,22,26)
Sampling and Sampling Distributions - Continued
Confidence Interval Estimation (11,17,24,34,41)
Confidence Interval Estimation - Continued
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: One-Sample
9
(15,22,29,45,53)
Midterm Examination
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing: - Continued
9
Tests
10
Two-Sample Tests (7,12,20,29)
10
Two-Sample Tests – Continued
11
Chi-Square Tests (10,16,24)
12
Simple Linear Regression (4,68(a-e))
12
Simple Linear Regression - Continued
Practice for the FINAL Exam
Have a nice semester
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Week #1: 1/2 – 5/2
Week #2: 8/2 – 12/2
Week #3: 15/2 – 19/2
Week #4: 22/2 – 26/2
Week #5: 1/3 – 5/3
Week #6: 8/3 – 12/3
Week #7: 15/3 – 19/3
Week #8: 22/3 – 26/3
To be announced
Week #9: 29/3 – 2/4
Week #10: 5/4 – 9/4
Week #11: 12/4 – 16/4
Week #12: 19/4 – 23/4
Week #13: 26/4 – 30/4
Week #14: 3/5 – 7/5
Week #15: 10/5 – 14/5