Description

1. Formulate problems.
2.Determine research design.
3.Determine data-collection method.
4. Design samples and collect data.
5. Analyse and interpret the data.
6. Prepare the research report.
7. Use statistical software (SPSS, Excel) by case-studies.

Instructors

red. prof. dr. POLONA TOMINC, univ. dipl. ekon.

doc. dr. MAJA ROŽMAN, mag. ekon. in posl. ved

Contents

Formulation of economic business problems in terms of statistics;
Data collection methods – surveys and samples:
 1. sampling and the quality of sampling data
 2. survey design, sampling methods
 3. analysis of sampling procedure: weighting, standard error of estimation, sample variance, sampling frame, non-      responses;
 4. number of sampling units
Identification/selection of the appropriate statistical techniques (estimation of parameters, hypothesis testing – two   or more samples – independent and paired, related samples, ANOVA; association and dependencies among   variables)
Research reporting

Recommended Readings and Tools

Groebner, David F., Dr.; Shannon, Patrick W., Dr.; Fry, Phillip C., Dr., Business statistics : a decision-making approach, 9th ed., Pearson new international ed. - Harlow : Pearson, cop. 2014

Planned Activities

Lectures
Seminars

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Written examination: 50%

Seminar paper: 30%

Active participation: 20%