Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias Empresariais e Turismo

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Subject 1. Descriptive statistics	1.1 Frequency distributions. 1.2 Measures of position, dispersion and form. 1.3 Graphic representations. 1.4. Simple and complex index numbers. Properties. IPC.
Subject 2. Introduction to the calculation of probabilities	2.1 Basic concepts of the calculation of probabilities. 2.2 Conditional probabilities and concept of independence.
Subject 3. Random variables	3.1 Definition of a random variable and his distribution function. 3.2 Characteristics of a random variable. 3.3 Main distributions of probability. 3.4 Applications of the Central Limit Theorem.
Subject 4. Concepts and methodological principles of statistical inference	4.1 Population, sample and his characteristics. Simple random sampling. Sampling distributions in normal populations. 4.2 Point estimation. Concept of estimator and his properties. 4.3 Confidence intervals in normal populations. 4.4 Hypothesis testing. Hypothesis statement. Classical testings in normal populations.
Subject 5. Use of common statistical packages.	5.1 Introduction to the use of the statistical package. 5.2 Descriptive analyses and calculation of probabilities. 5.3 Random variables and main distributions of probability. 5.4 Statistical inference.