COMM 111
Introductory Statistics
Course overview
A course to introduce you to statistics, with emphasis on practical applications and problem-solving in commerce.
Course information
| Prerequisites and Restrictions | You must satisfy the following requirement(s):
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| Available semesters | Semester 2 2024 |
| Credits | 15 |
| Domestic fees | $794.00 |
What you will learn
After successfully completing this course, you’ll be able to:
- Explain how data is gathered to support business decisions.
- Appreciate the range of graphical tools and descriptive statistics commonly used to summarise and display numerical information.
- Explain and the concept and suitable uses of a probability distribution.
- Describe the purpose of hypothesis testing to support business decisions.
- Use a computer-generated spreadsheet to generate descriptive statistics and graphs.
- Interpret results of an exploratory data analysis.
- Calculate and interpret probabilities.
- Estimate and interpret confidence intervals.
- Design and test a statistical hypothesis, then interpret the results.
- Demonstrate both integrity and rigour when collecting, presenting and analysing data.
Course examiners
Dr Kathryn Bicknell
Senior Lecturer
Department of Global Value Chains and Trade
kathryn.bicknell@lincoln.ac.nz