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Business Statistics

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Course Unit Code545-0250/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated6 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
SOU70RNDr. Radmila Sousedíková, Ph.D.
Summary
Subject concerns methods for describing sets of data, confidence intervals and tests of hypotheses, regression and correlation analysis, and time series analysis.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Generating knowledge concerning elements and methods of statistical data processing, and applying the knowledge to analysis of statistical data sets.

Course Contents
1 Collecting data
2 Frequency distribution, statistical plots
3 Basic characteristics of statistical data set
4 Point and interval estimation
5 Hypothesis testing
6 Basic methods of dependence description, analysis of variance
7 Regression analysis
8 Correlation analysis
9 Time series
10 Basic characteristics of time series
11 Time series components
12 Index numbers
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
MC CLAVE, James T., George P. BENSON and Terry SINCICH. Statistics for Business and Economics. 12th ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458: Prentice Hall, 2014. 1016 pp. ISBN 9781292023298.
HINDLS, Richard aj. Statistika pro ekonomy. 8. vyd. Praha : Professional Publishing, 2007. 415s. ISBN 978-80-86946-43-6.
Recommended Reading:
NEWBOLD, Paul, William L CARLSON and Betty THORNE. Statistics for business and economics. 8th ed., global ed. Harlow: Pearson Education, c2013, 792 p. ISBN 978-0-273-76706-0.
MAREK, Luboš aj. Statistika pro ekonomy: aplikace. 2. vyd. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86946-40-5.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 (33)17
                semestrální projektSemestral project33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 (67)34
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination67 34