00056R - STATISTICS 1

courses
ID:
00056R
Duration (hours):
54
CFU:
9
SSD:
STATISTICA
Located in:
PESCARA
Url:
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE/ECONOMICS BUSINESS AND FINANCE Year: 1
Year:
2025
Course Catalogue:
https://unich.coursecatalogue.cineca.it/af/2025?co...

Overview

Date/time interval

Primo Semestre (17/09/2025 - 14/12/2025)

Syllabus

Course Objectives

The course aims to provide the basic notions of statistical reasoning, commonly used in business and management.

1.Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge of basic statistical concepts and related specialized terminology
2.Applying knowledge and understanding
Ability to apply statistical reasoning principles in processing and interpreting company reports
3.Making judgements
Learn the logical and statistical concepts that are indispensable for working autonomously in searching, selecting and elaborating corporate data and using official statistics sources.
4.Communication skills
Learn basic statistical terminology and techniques to properly communicate or discuss the results of company data analysis and business reports.

Course Prerequisites

For the acquisition of the knowledge of the basic statistics it is absolutely necessary to have acquired the main knowledge of mathematics in advance

Teaching Methods

Lessons are held in English with theoretical explications of the program topics accompanied by practical examples of business interest (also in the form of group exercises or testimonials of experts). For some contents is provided teaching of computer-based calculation (using a spreadsheet and briefly introducing R language

Assessment Methods

The exam is written and verifies the learning of theories and problem-solving abilities on topics under program. The test is divided into two parts/exercises (one oriented to the theoretical conceptualization while the other to statistical data processing (exercises with commentary on the results). Note: The student has the right to support three trials from the semester in which the teaching is delivered (in this case from May to February included). Non programmable calculators are allowed.

Texts

course notes - Statistics: Priciples and Methods, G. Cicchitelli, P. D'Urso, M. Minozzo Pearson Education, 2021

Contents

The course is divided into the following points:
• Collection, organization and description of data through frequency distributions, graphic representations and synthetic indices of position and variability.
• Study of the relationship between two characters through double entry tables, dispersion diagrams, dependence indicators (such as covariance, the linear correlation coefficient) and linear interpolation.
• Statistical inference, statistical population, sampling, sample variability and main statistics.
• Theory of point and interval estimation.
• Tests hypotheses with particular attention to population mean or relative frequency

Course Language

English

More information

He receives the students Thursday 16.00-18.00

Degrees

Degrees

ECONOMICS AND FINANCE 
Bachelor’s Degree
3 years
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