UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND IN EUROPE
MGMT 584:
MANAGEMENT STATISTICS
William
Keller
Tel:
727-2917
E-mail: wkeller@faculty.ed.umuc,edu
Center/Site: Rota, Spain
Times: Term 3 (16 Jan – 9 March)
Tuesdays & Thursdays 18:45 - 21:30.
| 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 from 16:30 to
17:00 Monday to Thursday. If more time is needed
feel free to either talk to me in person or by
e-mail to: wkeller@faculty.ed.umuc,edu.
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| Textbook:
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| Statistics
for Business and Economics by Anderson, Sweeney
and Williams, 7th ed., South-Western College
Publishing, 99. |
| 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 75 min exams in addition to a final
examination. |
| All
students will be expected to complete their
homework on time and participate in class
discussion on the homework. Cases will
constitute 30% of the course grade. |
| Grading:
|
|
| Cases |
30% |
| 2
Exams |
40
% (20% each) |
| Final
|
30% |
| Course
grades will be assigned on the following
guidelines: |
| 90
-100 |
A |
| 80
- 89 |
B |
| 70
- 79 |
C |
| 60
- 69 |
D |
| 59
and below |
F |
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Topic |
Chapter |
Assignments |
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| 1/16 |
Introduction |
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| |
Data
and Statistics |
1 |
1,
5, 9, 19, 21, 24 |
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Descriptive
Statistics |
2 |
2,
4, 10, 20 |
| |
|
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|
| 1/18 |
Descriptive
Statistics |
2 |
27,
33, 46, 52 |
| |
Descriptive
Statistics II |
3 |
11,
20, 31, 35 |
| |
|
|
|
| 1/23 |
Descriptive
Statistics II |
3 |
50,
53, 69, 77 |
| |
Probability |
4 |
5,
12, 20, 30 |
| |
Trip
to Computer Lab |
|
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| |
|
|
|
| 1/25 |
Probability |
4 |
36,
48, 57, 62, 71 |
| |
Discrete
Probability |
5 |
6,
10, 21, 34, 47, 72, 74 |
| |
Case
due Consolidated Food |
p58 |
|
| |
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| 1/30 |
Continuous
Probability |
6 |
6,
17, 20, 30, 36, 46, 62 |
| |
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| 2/1 |
Sampling |
7 |
5,
11, 19, 30, 38, 49, 55 |
| |
Case
due Consolidated Food |
p114 |
|
| |
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| 2/6 |
Exam
1 (1/2 of class time) |
|
|
| |
Interval
Estimation |
8 |
8,
21, 28, 39 |
| |
|
|
|
| 2/8 |
Hypothesis
Testing |
9 |
5,
13, 17, 25, 40, 58, 67, 86 |
| |
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| 2/13 |
Statistical
Inference |
10 |
4,
7, 18, 29, 39, 41 |
| |
Case
due Metropolitan |
p324 |
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| |
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| 2/15 |
Variance |
11 |
7,
17, 26, 34 |
| |
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| 2/20 |
Chi
Square |
12 |
4,
17, 19, 28, 36 |
| |
Case
due Quality Associates |
p
379 |
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| |
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| 2/22 |
Exam
2 (1/2 of class time) |
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| |
ANOVA |
13 |
7,
16, 25 |
| |
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| 2/27 |
Simple
Regression |
14 |
6,
13, 21, 29, 43, 59 |
| |
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| 3/1 |
Multiple
Regression |
15 |
8,
25, 27, 37, 49 |
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| 3/6 |
Review
for Final |
|
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Case
due Spending |
p613 |
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| 3/8 |
Final
Exam |
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