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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

MGMT 584: MANAGEMENT STATISTICS

Dr. Marion S. Mircheva

Tel: 06221 761 482 (call any time)

e-mail: mpmd1@bunt.com

Center/Site: Wiesbaden

Meetings: Term 3 (15 Jan – 10 Mar) 2000-2001: Saturdays 9:00 to 16:00.

Welcome to the course. Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss problems or any other aspect of the course. I will always be available thirty minutes before each class. If more time is needed feel free to either talk to me in person, or call me at home - 06221-761482 - or mail a message to mpmd1@bunt.com.

Textbook:

Statistics for Business and Economics by Anderson, Sweeney and Williams, 6^th ed., South-Western College Publishing, 98.

Course Description:

This course is designed to provide the knowledge necessary to interpret published research results and to permit elementary research in business and public administration. Subjects will include descriptive statistics, probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, sampling, correlation, and regression.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course a student should be able to:

Summarize and interpret descriptive statistics.
Use inferential statistics for research in business and public administration.
Use probabilities in decision making.
Analyze and interpret published research results.

Attendance Policy:

Every class meeting will be very important. Emergencies, illnesses and unavoidable obligations constitute excused absences. It is the responsibility of the student to make up work and exams missed while out of class. All retakes must be coordinated in advance with me.

Homework and Exams:

There will be two 80-min exams in addition to a final examination (see class schedule). The 90-min exams are valued at 35 points each and the final will be counted as 70 points.

All exams will be open book.

All students will be expected to do their homework on time (see the list of homework assignments). Homework will be collected on regular basis and will be counted as 60 points. Software programs may be used for chapter work; however, no software will be allowed for the exams.

Grading:

Homework	30%	60 points, solve 60 problems 1 points each
2 tests	35 %	70 points total, 35 points each
Final	35%	70 points
		TOTAL 200 points

Course grades will be assigned on the following guidelines:

90% -100 %	A	180 - 200 points
80% - 89 %	B	160 - 179 points
70% - 79 %	C	140 - 159 points
60% - 69%	D	120 - 139 points
59% and below	- F	119 points and below

Class Schedule:

This schedule may be modified if necessary based upon class progress. Changes will be announced in class.

Sessions 1 & 2 - Chapters 1, 2, 3

Sat 20 Jan

Sessions 3 & 4 - Chapters 4, 5

Sat 27 Jan

Sessions 5 & 6 - Exam 1 (on Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) , Chapters 6, 7

Sat 3 Feb

Sessions 7 & 8 - Chapters 8, 9

Sat 10 Feb

Sessions 9 & 10 - Chapters 10, 11

Sat 17 Feb

Sessions 11 & 12 - Exam 2 (on Chapters 6,7,8,9,10) Chapters 12.1 12.2 13.1 Sat 24 Feb 13.2 13.3

Sessions 13 & 14 - Chapters 14.1 14.2 15.1 15.2 18.1 18.2

Sat 3 Mar

Sessions 15 & 16 - Review and Final Exam ( all topics covered in the class included)

Sat 10 Mar

Homework Assignments:

CH 2; problems 5, 9, 17, 23, 41, 43

CH 3; problems 5, 21, 27, 36, 48, 60, 65, 75

CH 4; problems 3, 17, 30, 40, 45

CH 5; problems 3, 9, 11, 16, 22, 35, 48

CH 6; problems 2, 5, 11(a,b,c), 15(a,b), 26, 35(a,b), 45(a,b), 54(a,b)

CH 7 problems 1, 23, 27(a,b), 30(a,b), 34, 41, 49

CH 8; problems 1, 2(a,b), 5, 15, 21, 29, 35, 42(a)

CH 9; problems 5, 9, 11(a,b), 17, 22, 34, 43

CH 10; problems 1, 5, 11, 15, 37, 39

CH 11; problems 7a, 11a, 14,16, 28

CH 12; problems 2, 5

CH 13; problems 6, 8, 13, 15

CH 14; problems 4, 7

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