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Week Lecture/Tutorial/Assignment Topic
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1 Lecture 1 : Introduction to Statistics Chapter 1, Levine et al.

- Descriptive statistics and inference
- Population and sample
- Source of data and type of data
- Level of measurement
2 Lecture 2 : Survey and Sampling
- Planning and coverage of survey Chapter 7, Levine et al.
- Sampling design
- Data collection method
- Sampling error and Non-sampling error
3 Tutorial 1 : Introduction to Statistics, Survey and Sampling Chapter 1, Levine et al.
Chapter 7, Levine et al.

4 Lecture 3 : Data organization and presentation Chapter 2, Levine et al.

- Tabulating and graphing for categorical data and numerical
data
Principle of Graphic Excellence

5 Online Quiz
Tutorial 2 : Data organization and presentation Chapter 2, Levine et al.

6 Practical 1 : Introduction to Microsoft Excel Chapter 1, Liengme

Practical 2 : Data organization and presentation Chapter 9, Liengme
Chapter 6, Liengme
Chapter 7, Liengme

7 Lecture 4 : Numerical Descriptive Measures Chapter 3, Levine et al.

- Measure of Central Tendency
- Quartiles
- Variability
- Shape
- Five number summary and box-and-whisker plots
- Covariance and coefficient of correlation
- Population summary measures:
8 Chapter 3, Levine et al.
Tutorial 2 : Numerical Descriptive Measures

9 Practical 3 : Numerical Descriptive Measures Chapter 4, Liengme

Chapter 8, Liengme
Chapter 16, Liengme
10 Practical 4 : Large data analysis Chapter 4, Liengme
Chapter 8, Liengme
Chapter 16, Liengme
11 Lecture 5 : Probability(Part I) Chapter 4, Levine et al.
- Basic Probability Concepts: Sample space and outcomes,
Types of events, Visualization, Approaches to Assessing
Probability

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12 Lecture 6 : Probability(Part II) Chapter 5, Levine et al.

- Probability Distribution
- Random Variables, RV
- Probability Distribution for discrete RV
- Special Probability Distributions
13 Tutorial 3 : Probability(Part II) Chapter 4, Levine et al.
Chapter 5, Levine et al.

14 Review & Group Presentation

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