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Introduction to Statistics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 470-2404/01
Abbreviation ZS
Course title Introduction to Statistics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Applied Mathematics
Course coordinator Ing. Martina Litschmannová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1) Introduction to Probability Theory
2) Conditonal probability, Bayes Theorem
3) Discrete random variable
4) Discrete probability distributions
5) Continuous random variable
6) Continous probability distributions
7) Random Vector
8) Exploratory data analysis - qualitative variable and two qualitative variables
9) Exploratory data analysis - quantitative variable
10) Exploratory data analysis - two quantitative variables (independent variables vs. paired data)
11) Introduction to statistical induction, Introduction to estimation theory
12) Introduction to hypothesis testing (principle, hypothesis testing, statistical vs. practical significance, p-value)
13) One sample tests of mean and binomial test of proportion

E-learning

Materials are available at https://lms.vsb.cz/?lang=en to students of the course.

Literature

[1] CRAWLEY, Michael J. Statistics: an introduction using R. Chichester, West Sussex, England: J. Wiley, c2005. ISBN 978-0470022986 
[2] StatSoft, Inc. (2013). Electronic Statistics Textbook. Tulsa, OK: StatSoft. WEB: http://www.statsoft.com

Advised literature

[1] Online Statistics Education: A Multimedia Course of Study (http://onlinestatbook.com/). Project Leader: David M. Lane, Rice University.