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Statistical Inference Course Overview

This document provides information about a course titled "Statistical Inference and Quantitative Research". The course is taught by four instructors and is worth three credit hours. It has prerequisites of QTM 120 and is intended for students in their third year of a BBA program. The course aims to teach statistical concepts and methods for analyzing quantitative data and their application to business problems. It will cover topics like measures of central tendency, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and ANOVA. Student performance will be evaluated through quizzes, assignments, a midterm exam, and a final exam. Recommended textbooks are also listed.

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Statistical Inference Course Overview

This document provides information about a course titled "Statistical Inference and Quantitative Research". The course is taught by four instructors and is worth three credit hours. It has prerequisites of QTM 120 and is intended for students in their third year of a BBA program. The course aims to teach statistical concepts and methods for analyzing quantitative data and their application to business problems. It will cover topics like measures of central tendency, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and ANOVA. Student performance will be evaluated through quizzes, assignments, a midterm exam, and a final exam. Recommended textbooks are also listed.

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Instructor: Rizwan Yusuf Khan/Arshad Ali Bhatti/ Obaid Kamal/Summaria Haroon

Course Title: Statistical Inference and Quantitative Research


Course Code: QTM 205
Credit Hours:
Prerequisite:
Three
QTM 120 BBA – III
SPRING SEMESTER 2022 4th Edition 8th Edition 11th Edition
Course Description:
This course dealing with statistical concepts & aims to provide recognition of situations where statistical analysis &
qualitative research may be of benefit and the range of methods that may apply to a given situation.
Objectives:
The aim of this course is to provide the students an introduction to statistical methods useful for analyzing data, with
specific application to problems of business. Students will also be expected to learn how to use statistics to think
critically about real world issues. Statistical methodology and theory will be presented in an applications context.
Ultimately, the goal is to provide students with quantitative tools that can be used in the areas of marketing, financial
& managerial accounting, corporate finance, research methods, operation research, and total quality management. The
use of the Minitab or SPSS statistical package.
Grading Components:
1. Quizzes 15 (Four Quizzes 3.75 marks each)
2. Assignments/Case Studies/Project 20 (Four Assignments 5 marks each)
3. Midterm Exam 25
4. Final Exam 40

Recommended Books:
1. Elementary Statistics, A Step by Step Approach” by Bluman 4th or 8th Edition (Latest Edition)
2. Probability and Statistics for Engineers & Scientists, 9 th Edition, by Walpole, Myers & Ye.
3. Introduction to Statistics, 3rd Edition, by Walpole.
4. SPSS for Windows, 11th Edition, by Darren & Paul.
5. Research Methods in Business, Uma Sekaran.
COURSE CONTENTS
Introduction to Statistics. Meaning of Statistics. Branches of Statistics. Mean, Median,
Measures of Central Mode, Quartiles, Outlier. Coefficient of Variation. Skewness & Week – 1
Tendency & Dispersion. Kurtosis. Standard Z Score.
Continuous Probability Normal Distribution. Properties. The Standard Normal Week – 2 & 3
Distribution: Distribution. Application of Normal Distribution. Inverse use of
Area.
Sampling & Sampling Sampling distribution of mean and proportions with Week – 4
Distributions: replacement. Sampling distribution of mean and proportions
without replacement.
Estimation: Testing of Confidence Interval (Mean, Proportion, Difference between two Week – 5 & 6
Hypothesis with One Population Means / proportion)
Sample – I:
Testing of Hypothesis with State the five steps used in hypothesis testing. Test means for Week – 7 & 8
One Sample – II: large samples using the Z – test (Use traditional & P-value
method). Test proportions using Z - test. Test means for small
samples using the t – test.
Midterm Exam
Testing of Hypothesis with Testing the difference between two large sample using the Z – Week – 9 & 10
Two Samples – I: test. (Use traditional & P-value method). Testing the
difference between two Proportions.
Testing of Hypothesis with Testing the Difference Between Two Variances or standard Week – 11 & 12
Two Samples – II: deviations. Testing the difference between two means for
Small independent Samples.
Chi-Square Tests: Test for Goodness of Fit. Tests Using Contingency Tables (test Week – 13 & 14
for independence), Pearson’s coefficient of mean square
contingency. (Use SPSS statistical package).
Analysis of Variance: One -Way Analysis of Variance. LSD & Scheffé test. Week – 15 & 16
(Use SPSS statistical package).
FINAL EXAM

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