Augusta State University
College of Business Administration
General Course Syllabus

COURSE NUMBER: MATH 3110
COURSE TITLE: Statistical Analysis for Business
 
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
A study of frequency, relative and cumulative frequency distributions of data, graphical presentations of data, descriptive statistics, Chebyshev's inequality, basic probability, mean and standard deviation of random variables, binomial, Poisson and normal distributions, sampling techniques and sampling distributions, statistical estimation and hypothesis testing, simple linear regression and correlation, and statistical quality control and forecasting techniques.
 
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The principal learning outcomes of this course are to have each student develop and demonstrate knowledge and basic skills related to: 
  1. The skills to solve applied problems and interpret quantitative information contained in business data

  2.  
  3. The ability to make informed judgments or decisions about random phenomenon in business

  4.  
  5. The ability to use a statistical software package to analyze the data collected and report the results of research in correctly documented form
   
RELATIVE TOPIC EMPHASIS (45 hour semester)

Topics

Approximate
Class Hours

  1.  Mathematics
25
  2.  Critical Appreciation
10
  3.  Research
 10 
45
Revised:  April 12, 1998
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