Statistics II

Code:

LEC208

Acronym:

EST II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Mathematics and Informatics

Instance: 2004/2005 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Matematics and Informatics Group
Course/CS Responsible:	ECONOMICS

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ECO	937	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	2	2		-

Objectives

At the end of the course, students should:
1) Know the most important techniques of statistical inference.
2) Be able to apply these statistical techniques and concepts, never forgetting their rigorous mathematical formularisation and conditions of applicability, even when intuitively understood.
3) Be critical users of the statistical methods.

Program

Statistical Inference
I. Introduction to sampling basic notions
II. Point estimation
III. Interval estimation
IV. Hypothesis testing
V. Chi-Square tests
VI. Analysis of variance

Main Bibliography

Hines, W. W. and Montgomery, D. C. (1990). Probability and Statistics in Engineering and Management Science, John Wiley and Sons, New York.
Hogg, R. V. (1997). Probability and Statistical Inference, 5ª ed., Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River.
Wonnacott, T. H. and Wonnacott, R. J. (1993). Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics, 5ª ed., John Wiley and Sons, Toronto.
Siegel, A. F. (1997). Practical Business Statistics, 3ª ed., Irwin, Boston.

Complementary Bibliography

Guimarães, R. C. and Cabral, J. A. (1997). Estatística, McGraw-Hill, Lisbon.
Murteira, B., Ribeiro, C., Silva, J. and Pimenta, C. (2002). Introdução à Estatística. McGraw- Hill.
Pestana, Dinis and Velosa, Sílvio (2002). Introdução à Probabilidade e à Estatística, Vol. I.. Manual Universitário, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical-Practical classes.
All classes are in Portuguese.

Evaluation Type