STATISTICS
cod. 00914

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Statistica (SECS-S/01)
Field
Matematica, informatica, fisica e statistica
Type of training activity
Basic
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

Learning objectives

Give to the student basics on statistics and on some possible applications.

Prerequisites

Logical and formal calculation abilities, learnt at high school.

Course unit content

Descriptive statistics. Using statistics to summarize data sets. Probability. Discrete and continuous random variables. Gaussian distribution. Distributions of sampling statistics. Testing statistical hypotheses.

Full programme

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Bibliography

"Introduzione alla statistica", Sheldon M. Ross, Apogeo.

Teaching methods

Lessons and exercises given by the teacher. The examination consists in a written test with exercises. The oral examination is optional.

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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