Practical Stat
Practical Stat
CREDIT 3 units
NUMBER OF 3 hours
CONTACT HOURS
PER WEEK
COURSE At the end of this course, the students are expected to:
OBJECTIVES a. understand mathematical facts, laws, procedures,
and perform the fundamental operations and
processes with increase skills and accuracy;
b. appreciate how the various mathematical principles
and processes are applied to the solutions of
problems;
c. develop the power of analytical thinking and
reasoning in the solution, interpretation and
evaluation of mathematical problems;
d. appreciate the role of statistics in the growing
complexity of modern living and in the increasing
specialization in various field of work;
e. understand the significance of statistics in
conducting researches to practical aspects of
human endeavor;
f. develop students’ awareness of the practical and
useful applications of statistics to their day to day
activities.
Learning Contents No. of
Hours
Introduction of the course 1 hr
Orientation of VMGO’s
I – Introduction to Statistics 16hrs
1. What is statistics
2. Terminologies in statistics
3. Scales of measurement
4. Summation notation
II – Data Gathering Techniques
5. Collecting Data
6. Determining the sample size
a. Sampling techniques
b. Probability sampling
c. Non-Probability sampling
II – Data Presentation 17 hrs
1. Textual method
2. Tabular method
3. Graphical method
III – Measures of Location
4. Mean
5. Median
6. Mode
7. Fractiles
IV – Measures of Variability, Skewness and Kurtosis 17hrs
1. Range
2. Standard Deviation
3. Variance
4. Coefficient of Variation
5. Skewness
6. Kurtosis
V – Counting techniques, Simple Probability, and some Statistical Distribution
7. Factorial notation
8. The fundamental principle of counting
9. Permutation
10. Combination
11. Simple probability
12. Probability distribution
13. Sampling distribution
14. Normal distribution
15. Standard normal distribution
16. Areas under the normal curves
•Evaluation Method: Grade Equivalent:
Prelim Exam - 15% 1.00 =
98-100
Midterm - 25% 1.25 = 95-97
Final Exam - 25% 1.50 =
92-94
Others - 1.75 = 89-91