Business 291

Course Outline

Length of Course: One Semester (14 weeks)
 
Classroom Hours Per Week: 5 hours lecture
 
Number of Credits: 4 credits
 
Prerequisites: 15 credit hours and English 099
 
Corequisite: Mathematics 111
 
Description of Course:
This course provides an introduction to statistics. Lectures are enhanced by examples taken from Economics and Business and computer lab sessions during which students will become familiar with Microsoft Excel. The focus is on understanding concepts, interpreting results, and spreadsheet.
 
Course Outline:
The main topics are:
  • Descriptive statistics;
  • Introduction to probability;
  • Statistical inference;
  • Regression analysis.
Week 1: Descriptive statistics: one variable
Week 2: Descriptive statistics: two variables
Week 3: Sampling designs
Week 4: Introduction to probability
Week 5: Sampling distributions
Week 6: Introduction to inference
Week 7: Inference for means
Week 8: Inference for proportions
Week 9: Inference for two-way tables
Week 10: Inference for regression
Week 11: Multiple regression
Week 12: One way analysis of variance
Week 13: Two ways analysis of variance
 
Evaluation:
Assignments and Reports 20%
Midterm exam 40%
Final exam 40%
 
Textbook:
David S. Moore, George P. McCabe, Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, latest edition, Freeman.
 
Transferability:
SFU: Buec 232(4)
UBC: Comm291(3) and Comm 2 nd(1)
UVic: Stat 252 (1.5 units) or Stat 255(1.5 units)
 
Instructors:
Stéphane Deseau, M.Econ. ( Maine, France), M.Sc. ( Quebec)
Cheryl Fu, B.A. ( Beijing), M.A. (Simon Fraser), Ph.D. candidate
Paul Geddes, B.A. ( Claremont), M.A. (Carleton)
Fatin Jallad, B.A., B.Sc. ( Portland), M.Sc. ( New Mexico), M.Sc. ( Arizona)
Susana Leung, B.B.A., M.A. (Simon Fraser)