Business Statistics Course of BBA at University of Malaya
Faculty of Business and Accountancy University of Malaya
Faculty : Business and Accountancy
Department : Finance and Banking
Programme of Study : Bachelor of Business Administration
Bachelor of Accounting
Course Code : CBEB1109
Course Title : Business Statistics
Credit Hours : 3
Course Prerequisite(s) / None
Minimum Requirement(s) :
Learning Outcomes : At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Relate basic concepts, approaches and statistical techniques relevant
to business, accounting, economics and management.
2. Acquire skills in presenting, evaluating and interpreting daily problems
in statistical form and proceed to solve these problems using the
approaches taught in the course.
3. Employ various statistical methods used in business and appreciate
the presence of variability in business decision making.
4. Demonstrate awareness and depth of understanding of statistical
reasoning in the context of business environment.
5. Select the appropriate statistical techniques covered will include, Ztests,
T-tests, F-tests, correlation and simple regression. One-sample
and two-sample tests will be covered in dealing with complex
problems.
6. Use the computer (e.g. MS Excel, SPSS & EVIEWS) for data analysis
work.
Synopsis of Course Contents : Topics that will be discussed include definition and uses of statistics,
presentation of descriptive data, concept of probability, discrete and
continuous random variables. Other topics that will be covered include
statistical inference mainly in sampling and hypothesis testing. Common
techniques such as chi-squared test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), linear
regression and correlation will also be discussed.
Assessment : Continuous Assessment : 50%
Final Examination : 50%