ECTS
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Course details
Course code: IPS10038o11Semester: 2011/2012 summer
Name: Statistics
Major: Land Management
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 2
ECTS points: 4
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr Mariusz Grządziel
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: during the course the student is learning basic concepts and methods of statistics, such as graphical data presentation, parameter estimation, hypothesis testing, model of linear dependence; the student is also learning the applications of these concepts and methods for studying social, economic and geographic data.
Competences: After completing the course the student will be able to use statistical methods for economic and geographic data. He will be able to make appropriate graphs, use proper statistical tests and interpret the results.
Prerequisites: Mathematics
Course content: Graphical data presentation. Elements of probability theory (random variable, distribution of a random variable, normal distribution). Statistical inference (point estimation, interval estimation, hypothesis testing). Regression models (least squares estimates, linear regression model). Elements of multivariate analysis.
Recommended literature: Kala R., Statystyka dla przyrodników. Wyd. AR Poznań 2002; Koronacki, J., Mielniczuk, J. Statystyka dla studentów kierunków technicznych i przyrodniczych.WNT 2001; Łomnicki A., Wprowadzenie do statystyki dla przyrodników. PWN Warszawa 2003.
Assessment methods: Grade for the class, written exam; minimum 60% of knowledge to pass.
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