Learning objectives
The main goal of the course is to supply the chief instruments of descriptive statistics and Inference.
Course unit content
1. Statistical distributions .
2. Means.
3. Index Numbers .
4. Variability measures.
5. Regression.
6. Sample Space.
7. Casual variables.
8. Central Limit Theorem.
9. Sample distributions.
10. Estimation.
11. The classical linear model.
Full programme
1. Statistical distributions .
2. Means with their properties.
3. Index Numbers .
4. Variability measures.
5. Regression.
6. Sample Space with relative theorems.
7. Casual variables and their properties.
7.1 Relevant distributions.
8. Central Limit Theorem.
8.1 Central limit theorem and pareto and Cauchy distributions.
9. Sample distributions.
10. Estimation.
11. The classical linear model.
Bibliography
Leoni, R. (1993), Introduzione alla Statistica descrittiva, Libreria Alfani, Firenze.
Ferrari G., Marliani G. (1993), Complementi ed esercizi di statistica descrittiva,Libreria Alfani, Firenze.
Ferrari G., Leoni R., Marliani G. (1993), Introduzione al campionamento e all’inferenza statistica. Libreria Alfani, Firenze.
Teaching methods
During the lessons the chief topics of Statistics will be explained with the solutions of exercises.