1. What is statistics?
1. What is statistics?
2. Data types, collection and sampling
Part 1 Descriptive Measures and Probability
3. Graphical descriptive methods – Nominal Data
4. Graphical descriptive methods – Numerical Data
5. Numerical descriptive measures
6. Probability
7. Random variables and discrete probability distributions
8. Continuous probability distributions
Part 2 Statistical inference
9. Statistical inference: introduction
10. Sampling distributions
11. Estimation: describing a single population
12. Estimation: comparing two populations
13. Hypothesis testing: describing a single population
14. Hypothesis testing: comparing two populations
15. Analysis of Variance
16. Additional tests for nominal data: Chi-squared tests
17. Simple linear regression and correlation
18. Multiple regression
Part 3 Applications
19. Time-series analysis and forecasting
20. Index numbers
Selva is Professor in Econometrics and Applied Statistics in the
Griffith Business School and Director of BIntBus Program at
Griffith University. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Madras
School of Economics, Anna University, Chennai, India. Selva has
also taught previously at the University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka),
Murdoch University (Australia) and The University of Western
Australia (Australia) and University of Queensland (Australia). He
has held positions such as the Deputy Dean (Staffing), Faculty of
International Business, and Deputy Director of the Statistics and
Research Design (STARDS) Unit at Griffith University. Selva was
educated at the University of Jaffna, University of Bucurest
(Romania), The University of Western Australia and Murdoch
University (Australia). He is the recipient of several individual
and group Excellence in Teaching Awards and has received numerous
of competitive teaching and research grants. Selva has published
six research monographs and has published widely in international
refereed journals such as Journal of Econometrics, Review of
Economics and Statistics, Journal of Business and Economic
Statistics, Review of Economics Studies and Marketing Science, and
several book chapters.
Currently Selva coordinates the OUA Business Statistics units,
which are administered by Griffith Uni. Gerald Keller is emeritus
professor of business at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he
taught statistics, management science and operations management
from 1974 to 2011. Saroja is Professor in Econometrics in the
Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith
University, a Visiting Professor at the Madras School of Economics,
Anna University, Chennai, India, and Research Higher Degrees
Convenor, Economics and Business Statistics, at Griffith
University. She has also held positions such as Deputy Dean
(Research) in the Faculty of Commerce and Administration, the
Director of the Statistics and Research Design (STARDS) Unit and
the Head of the Economics and Business Statistics Discipline at
Griffith University. She has also taught previously at the
University of Jaffna (Sri Lanka), Murdoch University (Australia)
and The University of Western Australia. Saroja was educated at the
University of Jaffna, Murdoch University and The University of
Western Australia, and has published several research monographs
and research papers in international refereed journals such as the
Review of Economics and Statistics, Transportation Research and
Economics Letters, and book chapters. Saroja was the recipient of a
2005 Excellence in Teaching Award for innovation across the
institution for teaching statistics to postgraduate students.
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