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Applied statistics in mineral resources and mining industry

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 545-0154/01
Abbreviation ASSP
Course title Applied statistics in mineral resources and mining industry
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Economics and Control Systems
Course coordinator RNDr. Radmila Sousedíková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Basic statistical concepts, classification of economic activities CZ-NACE
2. Methods of obtaining statistical data, statistical surveys
3. Elementary processing of statistical data - frequency distribution
4. Statistical graphs
5. Quantiles, elementary processing of technical and production indicators of a mining enterprise
6. Measures of position: application to wages in a mining enterprise
7. Measures of variability: application to wages in a mining enterprise
8. Point and interval estimates: estimates of ratio indicators of a mining enterprise
9. Testing of statistical hypotheses: testing ratio indicators of a mining enterprise
10. Regression analysis: application to analysis of costs of a mining enterprise
11. Correlation analysis: application to analysis of costs of a mining enterprise
12. Time series: basic characteristics of time series
13. Time series models, trend functions, analysis of the price trend of a selected commodity

E-learning

For communication beyond in-person lectures and exercises, the Moodle learning management system (lms.vsb.cz) is used. This platform facilitates communication not only between the instructor and students but also among students themselves.

Literature

MCCLAVE, James T.; BENSON, George a SINCICH, Terry. Statistics for business and economics. 14th edition. Harlow: Pearson, [2022]. ISBN 978-1-292-41339-6 .
NEWBOLD, Paul; CARLSON, William Lee a THORNE, Betty. Statistics for business and economics. 8th ed., global ed. Always learning. Harlow: Pearson Education, c2013. ISBN 978-0-273-76706-0.
ANDERSON, David Ray; SWEENEY, Dennis J. and WILLIAMS, Thomas Arthur. Modern business statistics with Microsoft Office Excel. 5th ed. Stamford: Cengage Learning, 2015. ISBN 978-1-305-08218-2.
ALWAN, Layth C.; CRAIG, Bruce A. and MCCABE, George P. The practice of statistics for business and economics. Fifth edition. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 2020. ISBN 978-1-319-32481-0.

Advised literature

SOUSEDÍKOVÁ, Radmila. Business statistics. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita, 2015. ISBN 978-80-248-3660-7 .
MOORE, David S. a NOTZ, William. Statistics: concepts and controversies. Tenth edition. New York: Macmillan International Higher Education, [2020]. ISBN 978-1-319-32483-4 .
RHINEHART, R. Russell a BETHEA, Robert M. Applied engineering statistics. Second edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022. ISBN 978-1-032-11948-9.
BRASE, Charles Henry; BRASE, Corrinne Pellillo a EL-IRAKI, Aly. Understanding basic statistics. Eighth edition. [Austrálie]: Cengage, [2019]. ISBN 978-1-337-78218-0 .


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