Techniques of Statistical Analysis

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic statistics and mathematics.

Teaching Methods

The presentation will be done through theoretical and practical classes. In the lecture we will present the fundamental results associated with the probability theory, with the presentation of concepts, definitions and theorems. The tutorials aim to build on the concepts and results presented in lecture, giving examples with a set of practical exercises that will be proposed throughout the semester.

Learning Outcomes

Overall objectives

The overall objective of the curricular unit is that the student understands the importance of the concept of probability and recognize its usefulness as a way to understand different phenomena embedded in an environment of uncertainty.

 

Specific objectives

It is intended to give to students of a set of results associated with the concept of probability and statistical inference.

 

Generic competencies

Being approved in this curricular unit, the students must; be able to calculate the probability of events;  how to use a sample to make inferences regarding the elements of the population.

 

Specific competencies

Being approved in this curricular unit, the students must; know how to calculate basic probabilities; how to define point estimates and interval estimates of the parameters associated with a given population.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Probability

Random experiments and events

Operations on events

Axioms of probability

Elementary properties of probability

Interpretations of the concept of probability

Conditional probabilities

 

Random Variables

Probability function and distribution function

Moments

 

Statistical Models

Models for discrete random variables

Models for continuous random variables

 

Sample and Estimation

Point estimation

Interval estimation

Head Lecturer(s)

António Alberto Ferreira Santos

Assessment Methods

Continuous Assessment
2 tests: 100.0%

Final Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

GUIMARÃES, Rui Campos. - Estatística. Ed. rev.. Lisboa : Editora McGraw-Hill de Portugal, 1999. [BP 519.2 GUI]

INTRODUÇÃO à estatística. Bento Murteira [et al.]. Lisboa : Escolar Editora, 2010. [BP 519.2 INT]