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Course Syllabus

Course Type: Recognized Prior Learning Granted for MBA Degree Holders

Course Code: DBA807

Course Name: Business Statistics

Course Outline

This course is designed for students who are thinking of doing a research project in business administration. Business Statistics is an introductory course in which the focus is on statistical inference: how to make valid conclusions based on data from random samples. At the heart of the main problem addressed by the course will be a population- connected with which there is a numerical quantity of interest. If students could talk to each member of the population, they could calculate that number exactly. But what if the population is so large that a student’s resources will not stretch to interviewing every member? What if a student can only reach a subset of the population? This course will discuss good ways to select the subset; how to estimate the numerical quantity of interest, based on what is seen in the sample; and ways to test hypotheses about numerical or probabilistic aspects of the problem. The methods that will be covered are among the most commonly used of all statistical techniques; although there will be no mindless memorization of formulas and methods. Throughout the course, the emphasis will be on understanding the reasoning behind the calculations, the assumptions under which they are valid, and the correct interpretation of results.

Course Syllabus

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WHAT TO DO NEXT (If you are interested in this course)

Students please note that all ‘Value’ courses must be done via Calwest Tubeclasses. However for the Core building block and Electives courses students will have four alternatives choices for completing the course.

Please Click on One Choice from List Below and then Scroll Down to Register.

  1. undertaking the course via Tubeclasses (if available) ($ 800.00) ;
  2. undertaking (free) MOOC courses and having the assessments suitably externally proctored and then applying to Calwest for credit towards their degree program ($ 25 per course);
  3. undertaking similar courses elsewhere (including MOOC Courses) and having them assesses for credit by Calwest professors via a Challenge Exam ($ 250 per course);

    4. OR

  4. (4) applying for Prior Learning Credit for a course done in the past from a recognized institution ($ 25 per course).

If you wish to undertake the Calwest Tubeclass for this course, the lecture topic PowerPoint’s that relate to the text book will be provided upon payment of the course fee ($ 250). The link to the recommended MOOC provider will also be provided, and can be used as a supplementary vehicle for those undertaking the course. Students however have the choice of undertaking a MOOC course without enrolling in a Tubeclass, but need to have their assessments suitably proctored. Some Calwest elective courses do not have a Tubeclass, and in such cases students need to undertake the course via a MOOC offering, or at another accredited university.

 

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