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Objectives and competences

1. Formulate problems. 2.Determine research design. 3.Determine data-collection method. 4. Design samples and collect data. 5. Analyse and interpret the data. 6. Prepare the research report. 7. Use statistical software (SPSS, Excel) by case-studies.

Content (Syllabus outline)

Formulation of economic business problems in terms of statistics; Data collection methods – surveys and samples: 1. sampling and the quality of sampling data 2. survey design, sampling methods 3. analysis of sampling procedure: weighting, standard error of estimation, sample variance, sampling frame, non- responses; 4. number of sampling units Identification/selection of the appropriate statistical techniques (estimation of parameters, hypothesis testing – two or more samples – independent and paired, related samples, ANOVA; association and dependencies among variables) Research reporting

Learning and teaching methods

Lectures Seminars

Readings

Groebner, David F., Dr.; Shannon, Patrick W., Dr.; Fry, Phillip C., Dr., Business statistics : a decision-making approach, 9th ed., Pearson new international ed. - Harlow : Pearson, cop. 2014

  • red. prof. dr. POLONA TOMINC, univ. dipl. ekon.
  • doc. dr. MAJA ROŽMAN, mag. ekon. in posl. ved

  • Written examination: 50
  • Seminar paper: 30
  • Active participation: 20

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