Courses Bachelor Display 2013-2014

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Course title Quantitative Methods III (IB/FE)
Course code EBS2001
ECTS credits 4,0
Assessment None
Period
Period Start End Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
3 13-1-2014 24-1-2014 -
Level Intermediate
Coordinator Christian Kerckhoffs
For more information: c.kerckhoffs@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Language of instruction English
Goals
- Learn to recognize the opportunities to apply basic tools from inferential statistics in practical business situations.
- Learn to implement these tools correctly, using the statistical software package SPSS, also known as PASW..
- Learn to interpret the results of such analyses correctly, and understand their limitations.
Description
This skills training is devoted to refreshing and actively applying the basic inferential tools introduced in the statistics part of typical first year quantitative methods courses: a.o. the one-sample t-test, the independent-samples t-test, the paired-sample t-test, oneway-ANOVA, the chi-square test and regression analysis. Six case studies using real-life datasets that reflect business problems from a.o. marketing and finance are examined extensively. The empirical analyses are performed with SPSS, a statistical software package widely used in professional practice.
Literature
Sharpe, Norean R., De Veaux, Richard Dl, and Paul F. Velleman (2012), Business Statistics, 2nd. Intern. Ed., New York,: Pearson Education International
Prerequisites
Basic principles from inferential statistics as discussed in typical first-year Quantitative Methods courses such as QM1 (code EBC 1005/1006/1007) and QM2 (code EBC 1033/1034/1035): basic probability theory, population versus sample, sampling distribution, point estimation, confidence intervals, type I error, regression analysis.
Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) PBL / Lecture / Assignment
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) Attendance / Participation / Written Exam
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This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations
Bachelor Fiscal Economics Year 2-3 Compulsory Skills
Bachelor International Business Year 2 Compulsory Skills