A compulsory basic studies course for major subject students.
Learning outcomes
See content.
Contents
The course introduces the use of descriptive statistics and the basics of statistical testing. It familiarises students with the different stages of statistical research, the starting point being in the acquisition of data and its presentation in data matrix form. The course introduces some means to illustrate information contained in the data. In addition, the course will familiarise students with the study of relations between variables by means of conditional statistics, scatter plots and crosstabulation. Also an introduction to probability and statistical inference is included in the course. Students will practise doing statistical research with some collected data.
Teaching methods
Teaching method
Contact
Online
Lectures
22 h
0 h
Tutorials
16 h
0 h
Teaching language
Finnish
Modes of study
Written exam and an assignment which must be completed before the exam.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Recommended year of study
1. year 1. period.
Study materials
Mellin, I., Johdatus tilastotieteeseen, 1. kirja, tilastotieteen johdantokurssi. Helsingin yliopisto 1996.
Moore, D., The Basic Practice of Statistics, 3rd ed. Freeman 2004.
Helenius, H., Tilastollisten menetelmien perustiedot. Statcon Oy 1995.
Agresti, A., Finlay, B., Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. Prentice Hall 1997.