GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY I/EKON101
Course Title: INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY I
Credits 3 ECTS 5
Semester 3 Compulsory/Elective Compulsory
COURSE INFO
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
  Prof. Aydın ÜNSAL Prof. Serdar KILIÇKAPLAN, Prof. Nezir KÖSE, 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/nezir,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 , nezir@gazi.edu.tr ,yyeliz@gazi.edu.tr , asezgin@gazi.edu.tr
 -- LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT
Students can understand the basic statistical concepts
Students can understand the basic probability concepts
The Basic Probability Distrubitions can be understood.
Students can use descriptive statistical tools
Students learn to use index numbers
 -- 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   Basic Concepts
2. Week   Data Collection and Presenting data
3. Week   Central Tendency Measures
4. Week   Central Dispersion Measures
5. Week   Index Numbers
6. Week   Probability Concepts
7. Week  Problem Hours
8. Week   Midterm
9. Week   Conditional Probability and Bayes Theorem
10. Week   Discrete Random Variable, Linear Transformation
11. Week   Continuous Random Variable
12. Week  Joint Distribution of Two Discrete Random Variables
13. Week   Binomial, Hypergeometric and Poisson Distributions
14. Week  Normal Distribution
15. Week  Problem Hours
16. Week  Final Exam
 -- RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
   • Olasılık ve İstatistik, Semra Oral Erbaş, Gazi Kitabevi, 2008. • Paul Newbold, İşletme ve İktisat İçin İstatistik, Literatür Yayıncılık, 2000. • İstatistiğe Giriş I, Serdar Kılıçkaplan, Alkım Yayınevi. • 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)
  None
 -- 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
12
1
12
 Searching in Internet and Library
12
2
24
 Designing and Applying Materials
12
1
12
 Preparing Reports
0
 Preparing Presentation
0
 Presentation
0
 Mid-Term and Studying for Mid-Term
2
3
6
 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
1Having both national and international teoretical knowledge in the areas public economics, tax law, tax system, government budget, government debt, fiscal policy and economic development.
2Due to interdiciplinary characteristics of public finance, beeig able to become well skilled on legal science, accounting, financial markets and financial analysis and economics and able to internalise this disciplines into finance discipline.
3Beeing able to follow this process of academic research and develop the academc working process in public finance field by mastering of international accounting standarts, using basic statistical and econometric programmes as well knowing scientific research techniques.X
4Having enough attribute to be able to take position in public sector as tax inpectorate, auditing fo court of account, judgeship for administrative justice, district governership, inspectorate, expertship and controllership, and in private sector’s different departments such as finance, personal, and human resource department of private sector, local administrations, and in political parties.
5Beeing able to follow, interpret, and implement international tax arrangements which are peculiar to public law, civil law, and tax.
6By indicating his/her desingns through high self confudence and team work, beeing able to indicate creative ideas.
7To be able to follow basic computer techonolology, basic computer programs and innovations in the field of finance in accordance with the principles of life long learning and to be able to utilize information systems interdisciplinary.
8Using effectively turkish some body who is advanced in written and verbal communication, to be able to explain truely and originally yourself and to be able to have capacity to make the prejudice empathy.
9To be able to have the Professional knowledge of foreign languages and follow thenew international studies in this area.
10To be able to be aware of professional and scientific ethical values relation to fiscal disciplineand show the required sensitivity for sustaining these.
11To be able to learn about mechanisms of internation among finance with financial and real sectors and utilize their informations in theanalysis of this process.
12To be able to transfer the theoretical knowledge in that the effectiveness of tax systems which is a dynamic structureto be able to increase and the economical productivity to be able to ensure.
13To be able to make analysis relation to problems, put upcreative solutions and original assesments through owning theoritical informations and empirical experiences which are in the past on local and global scale.