School of Business & Economics

MBA & EMBA Programs

Course Name: Business Statistics
Course Code
BUS 511.1/2
& Section No:
Semester: Summer 2021
INSTRUCTOR & DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

1. Instructor Name: Mohammed Mosleh-Uddin, Ph.D.

2. Office: NAC
3. Office Hours: Saturdays, 06:00-7:00 p.m., Sundays, 06:00-7:00 p.m., Other days and
times by appointment
4. Office Phone: N/A
5. Email Address: m.moslehuddin@gmail.com
6. Department: Master of Business Administration, School of Business & Economics
7. Links: Zoom ID: 2524 983 817
Pass code: 0011

COURSE & SECTION INFORMATION

Class Time & Saturdays/Sundays, 7:00-10:10 p.m., NAC

Location
Course N/A
Prerequisite(s)
Course Credit Hours 3.0
Course Description This course provides the statistical foundations needed to make informed
decisions, backed up by data. You will learn statistical concepts and tools that
enable you to understand topics such as risk analysis, market research and
quality management. The course will include many hands-on sessions with
statistical software such as Minitab and Microsoft Excel. The material in the
course will be taught with an emphasis on applications. The course begins
with a review of descriptive statistics, probability, random variables, and
discrete and continuous probability distributions. Then the course studies
sampling, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, correlation analysis,
analysis of variance, simple and multiple regressions, index numbers, and
non-parametric statistics.
Course Objectives
 To introduce to you a new way of thinking about data
 To help you gain an understanding of how to use, communicate, and
interpret statistics
Student Learning By the end of this course, you should be able to:
Outcomes
 use descriptive statistics to summarize a set of data
 recognize the characteristics under which a managerial situation could
be described by a probability distribution
 use sample results to make estimates of population parameters.
 use sample results to test theories (hypotheses) about population
parameters
 use sample results from two (or more) sets of data to determine if there
are differences between two (or more) population parameters.
 use covariance, analysis of variance, and regression to estimate the
relationship between two (or more) sets of data.
 use Excel and Minitab for data analysis and interpretation of data
analysis output
  write a statistical report in the form of research paper

LEARNING RESOURCES AND TEXTBOOK(S)

Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics, Lind, D A, Marchal, W G and Wathen, S A,
McGraw-Hill Irwin, fifteenth edition, 2004.

TEACHING STRATEGY
The class will be conducted through various activities including presentation of concepts and
situations, discussion and exchanges of ideas, and project. Students are expected to actively
involve and to take initiative for their own learning experience.

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND GRADING SCHEME

Grading tool Points
Mid Term 25%
Quiz 20%
Assignment 10%
Attendance 05%
Course Project 10%
Final Exam 30%

Please Refer to NSU Student Handbook, Section: “Grading Policy” available at

http://www.northsouth.edu/academic/grading-policy.html

CLASSROOM RULES OF CONDUCT

1. You may use your laptops in the class for class related work. Do not use your laptop for non-
class related work or in any manner that will be distracting to other students or the instructor.
2. Use of cell phones in class is not permitted.
3. Students are advised to frequently refer to the following link:
http://www.northsouth.edu/academic/academic-information-and-policies.html
4. Academic Integrity Policy:
School of Business and Economics does not tolerate academic dishonesty by its students. At
minimum, students must not be involved in cheating, copyright infringement, submitting the
same work in multiple courses, significant collaboration with other individuals outside of
sanctioned group activities, and fabrications.

LATE ASSIGNMENT POLICY

Problems will be assigned on a regular basis during class, and (unless a different schedule is
announced in class) will be due in class on the Sunday of the school week following the week in which
they are announced. If you have a good reason for submitting an assignment late, please see me (in
advance if at all possible) to make arrangements. Otherwise, late assignments will receive a mark of
zero.
Written solutions to problems should be fully explained, using clear English sentences where necessary.
Some problems will require the use of computer programs such as Minitab and Microsoft Excel.

PROJECTS POLICY
Students will be required to complete a group project in the form of a research paper. The project
includes the following:

Task Due Date

1. Research topic 12/6/2021
2. Complete proposal 19/2021
3. Progress report 24/7/2021
4. Project report followed by presentation 31/7/2021

EXAMS & MAKE UP POLICY

In order to complete the course, students must submit all the required assignments and sit for the
exams. There will be three 20-minute in-class/online tests and one 90-minute midterm tests, see the
table below for exam schedule. There will be a 120-minute final examination, which will be announced
later or will be arranged as per university schedule.

All the tests and the final examination will contain questions involving proofs, essays, or both, as well
as questions requiring computations. Anything discussed in the class is fair game for the tests and
final examination.

Make-up exams are not given unless there is a major circumstance preventing the student from sitting
in the exam (official material evidence is required). The timing of the make-up is to be fixed with the
instructor of the course if granted. Cell phones are prohibited in exam sessions.

ATTENDANCE POLICY
A record of attendance will be kept. If a student cannot attend any class for unavoidable reason, s/he
is advised to contact the instructor in advance.

COMMUNICATION POLICY
E-mail is the preferred form of communications. In urgent cases, you can reach me through 01742-6
14151.

STUDENTS COMPLAINTS POLICY

Students at North South University have the right to pursue complaints related to faculty, staff, and
other students. The nature of the complaints may be either academic or non-academic. For more
information about the policy and processes related to this policy, you may contact the MBA Program
Office.

COURSE CONTENTS &SCHEDULE

The following planned class and exam schedule is tentative and is subject to change as the
course progresses.

Lecture Topic Date

1 Introduction to statistics, Methods for describing 12/06/2021
data: Frequency distributions and graphic
presentation
2 Methods for describing data: Frequency 19/06/2021
distributions and graphic presentation (Cont'd),
Methods for describing data: Numerical measures
3 Methods for describing data: Numerical measures 26/06/2021
(Cont'd)
Research topic due
4 Class Test-1 (Lectures 1-2) 03/07/2021
A survey of probability concepts, Continuous and
discrete probability distributions
5 Project proposal due 10/07/2021
Continuous and discrete probability distributions
(Cont’d), Sampling methods and central limit
theorem
6 Midterm Exam-1 (Lectures 1-5) 17/07/2021
Estimation and confidence intervals
7 One sample tests of hypothesis 24/07/2021
Project progress report due

8 Two sample tests of hypothesis 31/07/2021

9 Class Test-2 (Lectures 6-7) 07/08/2021

Analysis of variance
10 Correlation and linear regression, Multiple linear /08/2021
regression
11 Class Test-3 (Lectures 8-9) /08/2021
Multiple linear regression (Cont'd), Non-
parametric methods
12 Project Presentation 31/07/2021
Project report due
Final Exam (Lectures 6-11) 14/08/2021
Note: The instructor reserves the right to make
changes to the syllabus if necessary.