COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IST 1011 PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I COMPULSORY 4 0 0 6

Offered By

Statistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SELMA GÜRLER

Offered to

Statistics
Statistics(Evening)

Course Objective

To introduce; fundemantal elements of Statistics and Probability, graphical and numerical methods for describing data sets, how to calculate probability, how to form probability distributions for both discrete and continuous random variables and how to calculate mathematical expectation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describing fundamental elements of Statistics
2   Distinguishing types of data
3   Calculating the measures which are used for describing data
4   Describing the fundamental elements of Probability
5   Calculating probabilities
6   Calculating probabilities by probability functions of discrete and continuous random variables
7   Calculating expected value
8   Obtaining moments of random variables

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Science of Statistics, Types of Statistical Applications, Fundemantal Elements of Statistics
2 Types of Data, Collecting Data
3 Describing Qualitative Data, Graphical Methods for Describing Quantitative Data
4 Numerical Measures for Central Tendency
5 Numerical Measures for Variability, Numerical measures for Relative Standing
6 Combinatorial Methods
7 Sample Spaces and Events, Unions and Intersections, Complementary Events, Additive Rule and Mutually Exclusive Events
8 Midterm exam
9 The Probability of an Event, Some Rules of Probability, Conditional Probability,
10 Independent Events and The Multiplicative Rule, Bayes Theorem
11 Discrete Random Variables, Probability Distributions
12 Continuous Random Variables, Probability Density Functions
13 The Expected Value of Random Variable
14 Moments

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): J.T. McClave and T. Sincich, Statistics, Ninth Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2003.
Supplementary Book(s):
P. Newbold, W. L. Carlson, B. Thorne, Statistics for Business and Economics, Seventh Edition, Pearson Education , 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Since this is a multi sectional lecture the grades will be evaluated with 40% of the midterm exam, 10% homework-quiz and 50% of the final exam but these grades will be shown as 100% final note on the system.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 FIN FINAL EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE FCG * 1
3 RST RESIT
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) FCGR * 1

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluation of exams and homeworks

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70% for the lectures is an essential requirement of this course and is the responsibility of the student. It is necessary that attendance to the lecture and homework delivery must be on time. Any unethical behavior that occurs either in presentations or in exams will be dealt with as outlined in school policy. You can find the undergraduate policy at http://web.deu.edu.tr/fen

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

DEU Fen Fakültesi Istatistik Bölümü
e-posta: aylin.alin@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 301 85 72
e-posta: selma.erdogan@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 301 85 71

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 4 52
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 35 35
Preparing assignments 3 4 12
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.155443
LO.255443
LO.355443
LO.455443
LO.555443
LO.655443
LO.755443
LO.855443

CONTACT INFORMATION
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