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Statistical Inference I
COURSE CODE: STA 1202
COURSE CREDIT UNIT: 3
ACADEMIC PROGRAMME: Statistics
COLLEGE/SCHOOL/FACULTY: College of Economics and Management
STATUS: Core
PROGRAMME TYPE: Undergraduate
Course Content and Outline
Systematic discussion of basic concepts of inference
- Introduction
- Definition of concepts
Errors
- Types I
- Type II errors
- Confidence levels
- Tests of significance.
- Sampling from the normal population
Estimation and test of hypothesis
- for the mean and proportion
- point estimation
- Interval estimation.
- One sample and two-sample problems.
Non- parametric tests
- Sign tests, Wilcoxon and Mann-Whitney rank-sum tests.
- Run tests.
- Kolmongorov – Smirinov tests.
- Kruskal – Wallis and Friedman analysis of variance by ranks.
- Rank correlation methods.
MODE OF DELIVERY
- Lectures
- Reading assignments
- Practical assignments
- Field trips
- Documentaries
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND / OR EQUIPMENT
- Whiteboard and Markers
- Flip Charts
- LCD Projectors
- CDs, DVDs and Tapes
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