STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

Course Description

The course aims to instruct students to use word, excel and statistical packages in an integrated approach at an advanced level. In this course students will be presenting their statistical applications on Power Point in a professional manner; using statistical capabilities to get simple percentages to complex analyses of variance, multiple regressions, and general linear models as well as to generate tabulated reports, charts and plots of distributions and trends. The course makes statistical analysis more accessible fort he beginner and more convenient for the experienced user.It offers a simple and efficient spreadsheet-like facility for entering data and browsing the workingdata file.

STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCES

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Learning and applying the system of ideas regarding the economic thought and decision making
2. 02 Comprehending and being able to apply the cost-benefit principle,
3. 03 Having a clear idea about factors of production and production costs,
4. 04 Ability to apply opportunity cost, economic profit and production possibilities frontier concepts in problem solving
5. 05 Understanding and interpreting the demand and supply concepts in the market
6. 06 Ability to understand and evaluate the total utility and marginal utility concepts,
7. 07 Learning elasticity concept and being able to define the factors which affects the elasticity of demand and elasticity of supply.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Mario F. Triola, (2015) Essentials of Statistics, Global Edition, 5th Edition Pearson

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 To assess the standard deviation and other measures of dispersion SOLO 5
2. L02 To predict the chances of happening and the elementary concept of probability theory SOLO 5
3. L03 To develop an understanding of the frequency distribution. SOLO 4
4. L04 To calculate the measurement of central tendency SOLO 2
5. L05 To summarise the data using graphical presentations and tables such as bar chart, pie charts, stem - leaf and frequency table SOLO 4
6. L06 To count the observation proportion under the normal curve, changes of scale, percentile and quartile. SOLO 2
7. L07 To define statistical applications for business and economics SOLO 2
8. L08 To classify grouped data with their interval classes SOLO 3
9. L09 By the end of the semester, students will be able to distinguish between the types of data in terms of the scales and the level of measurements, population, and sampling. To learn to calculate the central tendency, deviation and distribution of the observations and approximate the position of the values. In addition, the probability and chances that an event may happen will be theorized. SOLO 0
10. L10 To describe basic definitions about statistics SOLO 3
11. L11 To interpret the linear relationship between two interval scale variables by correlation coefficient 3 SOLO 3
12. L12 To formulate and interpret the regression equation and its coefficients SOLO 3
13. L13 Define statistical applications for business and economics. SOLO 3
14. L14 Develop an understanding on frequency distribution. SOLO 5
15. L15 Calcuate the measurement of central tendency SOLO 2
16. L16 Assess standarad deviation and other measures of dispersion SOLO 5
17. L17 Compute correlation coefficient and covarinace SOLO 3
18. L18 Discuss the chances that an event may happen or not. SOLO 5
19. L19 Define Basic rules such as addition rule, multiplication rules, conditional probabilities. SOLO 3

Program Outcomes

1. P01 PO1: Engaged in insightful thinking leading to self-learning and lifelong learning.
2. P02 PO2: Established a general knowledge of economics sufficient to work independently through specific learned techniques generated via individual efforts and study.
3. P03 PO3: Reached the required knowledge and skills to understand social, economic and legal issues both within national, international and global contexts and apply theoretical knowledge of economics to practice.
4. P04 PO4: Adopted the ability to critically evaluate, analyze and interpret information gathered through the use of related statistical software programs to suggest creative solutions for economic problems and make relevant economic decisions.
5. P05 PO5: Been aware of gathering and analyzing data through the application of appropriate technological tools in an ethical and safe manner in order to generate economic decisions and policy suggestions.
6. P06 PO6: Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills essential for team-working and collaborations for economic decision making for a variety of economic concepts in national and global environment.
7. P07 PO7: Endowed with both oral and written communication skills within the economic field to effectively study and work in an international environment
8. P08 PO8: Been able to transfer theoretical knowledge to real life economic environment: to generate policies for microeconomic and macroeconomic problems faced by individuals, firms and governments at national, international and global context.
9. P09 PO9: Developed an ability to apply economic analysis to everyday problems in real world through the development of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities at work and in personal life.

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