Statistics II

Code:

LEC208

Acronym:

EST II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Mathematics and Informatics

Instance: 2005/2006 - 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	678	Official Curricular Structure since 2004	2	2		-

Objectives

In the end of the course, sudents should:
know the most important techniques of statistical inference;
be able to apply these statistical techniques and concepts, never forgetting their rigorous mathematical formulation and conditions of applicability, even when intuitively understood;
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

Murteira, B., Ribeiro, C., Silva, J. and Pimenta, C. (2002). Introdução à Estatística. McGraw-Hill.

Complementary Bibliography

Guimarães, R.C. and Cabral, J.A. (1997). Estatística. McGraw-Hill.
Hines, W.W. and Montgomery, D.C. (1990). Probability and Statistics in Engineering and Management Science. John Wiley and Sons.
Hogg, R.V. (1997). Probability and Statistical Inference. 5th ed., Prentice Hall.
Pestana, D. and Velosa, S. (2002). Introdução à Probabilidade e à Estatística, Vol. I, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Siegel, A.F. (1997). Practical Business Statistics. 3rd ed.,
Wonnacott, T.H. and Wonnacott, R.J. (1993). Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics. 5th ed., John Wiley and Sons.
Irwin.

Software

R, SAS, S-Plus, SPSS

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam