Personnel
Instructor: | Shihomi
Ara-Aksoy (Office: İİBF, İktisat Bölümü, Email: ![]() |
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Course Information
Schedule: | Mondays 9:00-11:45, D11 |
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Office hours: | Mondays 16:00-17:00,
Tuesdays 16:00-17:00 Or By Appointment |
Course description /objective: |
The purpose of this course is to introduce important concepts of statistics, such as sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing and regression analysis. Students are expected to learn the methods of inferential statistics, the logics of hypothesis testing and regression analysis. The topics covered in this class will be important building blocks especially for the econometrics classes students will take in the third year. 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(Feb.9) |
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Week 2(Feb.16) |
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Week 3(Feb.23) |
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Week 4(Mar.2) |
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Week 5(Mar.9) |
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Week 6(Mar.16) |
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Week 7(Mar.23) |
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Week 8(TBA) |
Midterm Exam 1 Result |
Week 9(Apr.6) |
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Week 10(Apr.13) |
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Week 11(Apr.20) |
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(TBA) |
Midterm Exam
2 Result |
Week 12(Apr.27) |
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Week 13(May 4) |
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Week 14May 11) |
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Final Exam(TBA) |
Final Exam: Result
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Exams
- 1st Midterm exam: to be announced
- 2nd Midterm exam: to be announced
- Final exam date: May 29 (Friday) 9:00-10:45, D9-10. Comprehensive.
Grading Policy
Three Quizzes | 3% each (9% total) |
1nd Midterm Exam | 25% |
2nd Midterm Exam | 25% |
Final Exam | 41% |