ST201 Half Unit
Statistical Models and Data Analysis
This information is for the 2012/13 session.
Teachers responsible
Dr Sara Geneletti, COL 7.04
Availability
Primarily for BSc Management and BSc Accounting and Finance students, also available to students who have studied statistics and mathematics to the level of MA107/ST107 Quantitative Methods. Available to General Course students and as an outside option. Not to be taken in conjunction with ST203 Statistics for Management Sciences (Full unit). Teaching
Linked to Moodle.
Lectures ST203.1: 20 LT.
Project Briefing Sessions: two LT.
Computer Workshops ST203.1: eight LT.
Formative coursework
Course content
A second course in statistics with an emphasis on problems of practical importance and statistical analysis using computers.
Principles of modelling: data preparation, mathematical and statistical models, linear and non-linear models. Simple linear regression. Multiple regression: assumptions, transformations, diagnostics, model selection. Logistic regression: odds ratios and likelihood. Introduction to time series: smoothing, seasonal adjustment, autocorrelation. Indicative reading
S. Albright, W. L. Winston & C. J. Zappe, Managerial Statistics; D. H. Hildebrand and R. L. Ott Statistical Thinking for Managers. Assessment
Two-hour formal written examination in the ST (80%). Course work (20%). ^
| 
