GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY II/EKON102
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY II
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 4 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Aydın ÜNSAL Prof. Serdar KILIÇKAPLAN, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Yeliz YALÇIN,Assoc.Prof.Dr. Sezgin AKSOY
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  www.gazi.edu.tr/ skilickaplan,http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/yyeliz,http://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/asezgin
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
  aunsal@gazi.edu.tr skilickaplan@gazi.edu.tr ,yyeliz@gazi.edu.tr , asezgin@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
The estimation methods can be learned.
Students can calculate the confidence intervals
Students gain the ability to decide with hypothesis testing
Students can analyze the causal relationship
Students can do statistical inference
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 -- PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES
  There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
 -- RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTS
  Mathematics
 --COURSE CONTENT
1. Week  Sampling Distribution and Central Limit Theorem
2. Week  Point Estimation and Properties of the best Estimator
3. Week   Chi-square, t, F and Exponential Distributions
4. Week   Confidence Interval for one Population parameter
5. Week  Hypothesis Testing for one Population parameter
6. Week  Hypothesis Testing for one Population parameter
7. Week  Problem Hour
8. Week   Midterm
9. Week   Confidence Interval for two Population parameters
10. Week   Confidence Interval for two Population parameters
11. Week   Hypothesis Testing for two Population parameters
12. Week   Hypothesis Testing for two Population parameters
13. Week  Statistical Correlation Coefficients
14. Week   Problem Hour
15. Week   Problem Hour
16. Week   Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
   • Paul Newbold, İşletme ve İktisat İçin İstatistik, Literatür Yayıncılık, 2000. • İstatistik: Temel Kavramlar, Verilerin kullanıma sunulması, Alptekin Esin, Müslim Ekni, Hamza Gamgam, Gazi Kitabevi, 2006. • Matematiksel İstatistik, Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Akdi, 2010
 -- PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
  Lecture, Question & Answer, Demonstration, Drill - Practise
 -- WORK PLACEMENT(S)
  Not Applicable
 -- ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Percentage
 Mid-terms
1
40
 Assignment
0
0
 Exercises
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade  
40
 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade  
60
 -- WORKLOAD
 Efficiency  Total Week Count  Weekly Duration (in hour)  Total Workload in Semester
 Theoretical Study Hours of Course Per Week
13
3
39
 Practising Hours of Course Per Week
12
2
24
 Reading
11
1
11
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
2
24
 Designing and Applying Materials
10
1
10
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
3
3
9
 Final and Studying for Final
2
4
8
 Other
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
125
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
5
 ECTS: 
5
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1To have theoretical and practical knowledge about the fields of Economic Theory, Economic Development and International Economics, Economic History and Economic Policy
2To gain professional qualification to work in public institutions and private sector organizations as an inspector, assistant expert or auditorX
3To have knowledge about the other disciplines related to Economics
4To have adequate social responsibility and awareness with regards to the needs of the society, and also to be aware of professional and scientific ethical codes
5To have the experience of using information technologies and basic computer programs in order to share their accumulated knowledge and problem solving ability, and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language
6To have a knowledge of the quantitative and qualitative methods that will help to examine the premises of different theoriesX
7To be able to utilize the academic, professional, regional, and global networks efficiently, and to interpret the legislation
8To be compatible for teamwork in order to use their accumulated knowledge in the national and the international research projects
9To have the ability to interpret economic and social events through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically, and to be open for innovative ideas
10To be able to evaluate the practical implications of the knowledge about economic theoryX
11To be able to analyze the effects of international economic relations
12To evaluate the development of economic theories and economic problems from a historical perspective
13To have knowledge about the effects of various economic policies in order to develop solutions for current economic problems