Personnel
Instructor: | Shihomi
Ara-Aksoy (Office: İİBF, İktisat Bölümü, Email: ![]() |
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Course Information
Schedule: | Wednesdays, 14:00 - 16:45, D8 |
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Office hours: | Wednesdays 17:00-18:00, Fridays 16:00-17:00 Or By Appointment |
Course description /objective: |
The purpose of this course is to introduce basic concepts of statistics. Methods of describing data, probability, discrete and continuous random variables and their probability distributions will be discussed. Students are expected to learn the tools for describing and analyzing given data and to be acquainted with probability theory and probability distributions. The topics covered in this course will be a foundation for the courses such as Statistics II and Econometrics. Therefore, make sure to understand each concept clearly. |
Texts
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Paul Newbold, William Carlson and Betty Thorne, Statistics for Business and Economics, Sixth edition, Pearson Education, 2008.
Course Syllabus
Lecture Schedule
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Week 1(Monday, Oct. 5) |
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Week 2(Monday, Oct.12) |
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Homework 1 Questions *Don't have to hand them in. |
Week 3(Wednesday, Oct. 21) |
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Week 4(Wednesday, Oct. 28) |
No Class
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Week 5(Wednesday, Nov. 4) |
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Week 6(Wednesday, Nov. 11) |
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Week 6(Nov.11) |
Midterm Exam I
: 16:00-17:45 Result |
Week 7(Nov.18) |
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Week 8(Nov. 25) |
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Week 9(Dec. 2) |
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Week 10 (Dec.9) |
Midterm Exam
II
Coverage: Probability, Discrete Random Variable and Probability Distributions, only up to Binomial Distribution, without any Tables. Result |
Week 11(Dec. 16) |
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Week 12(Dec. 23) |
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Week 13(Dec. 30) |
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Week 14(Jan. 6) |
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Final Exam(TBA) |
Final
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Exams
- 1st Midterm exam: to be announced
- 2nd Midterm exam: to be announced
- Final exam date: to be announced
Grading Policy
Three Quizzes | 3% each (9% total) |
1nd Midterm Exam | 25% |
2nd Midterm Exam | 25% |
Final Exam | 41% |