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Quantitative Analysis (3911)

  
Coordinating lecturer :Prof. dr. Andrea TORNERI 
  
Member of the teaching team :De heer Neil LOEDY 
 Mevrouw Sofía PRIETO LEON 


Language of instruction : English


Credits: 6,0
  
Period: semester 2 (6sp)
  
2nd Chance Exam1: Yes
  
Final grade2: Numerical
 
Sequentiality
 
   No sequentiality

Prerequisites

Mathematics

  • Working with percentages
  • Basic operations among sets
  • Properties of a linear function
  • Properties of the logarithmic and exponential function
  • The notation of a summation
  • The concept of an integral as an area under the curve of a positive function (no computation of integrals)

Statistics

  • Sample mean, median, variance, standard deviation, correlation
  • Frequencies, relative frequencies, cumulative frequencies
  • Histograms, box plots, bar chart


Content
  • basics of probability theory: events and their probability
  • some discrete and continuous distributions
  • sampling and sampling distribution
  • confidence intervals for mean and proportion, sample size calculation
  • hypothesis testing for mean and proportion
  • analysis of variance
  • correlation and regression
  • use of SPSS.


Organisational and teaching methods
Organisational methods  
Lecture  
Response lecture  
Small group session  


Evaluation

Semester 2 (6,00sp)

Evaluation method
Written evaluaton during teaching periode10 %
Transfer of partial marks within the academic year
Conditions transfer of partial marks within the academic yearAssignments can not be retaken
Homework
Written exam90 %
Open questions
Additional information A handwritten formularium is allowed during the exam. It must consist of no more than two A4 sheets , written on both sides (maximum four pages in total). Printed or typed documents are not permitted .

Second examination period

Evaluation second examination opportunity different from first examination opprt
No
Explanation (English)The scores obtained for assignments will be retained for the second-chance exam. Assignments cannot be retaken or resubmitted.
 

Previously purchased compulsory textbooks
  Statistics for Business and Economics,Anderson, Sweeney, Williams, Camm, Cochran, Fry, Ohlmann, Freeman and Shoesmith,6th edition,Cengage Learning,9781473791350
 

Compulsory course material
 

Slides of lectures, available on blackboard

 

Recommended course material
 

Selection of exercises for practical sessions, available on blackboard



Learning outcomes
  EC = learning outcomes      DC = partial outcomes      BC = evaluation criteria  
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Preparation Programme Master of Management N



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