Descriptive Statistics

Lehrinhalte

• Tasks and possibilities of statistics • Definition of a sample • Scales (interval scale, cardinal, ordinal and nominal) • Absolute and relative frequencies • Simple and cumulative frequency distributions, histograms • Measures of location (median, mode, average) • Dispersion measures (variance and standard deviation) • Two-dimensional frequencies and empirical distributions • Two-dimensional measures (empirical correlation and covariance) • Lorenz curve and Gini coefficient • Empirical regression lines • Contingency tables

Art der Vermittlung

face to face

Art der Veranstaltung

compulsory

Empfohlene Fachliteratur

Günther Bourier: Beschreibende Statistik, Gabler, Wiesbaden, 12th edition, 2014 PowerPoint slides and exercise sheets

Lern- und Lehrmethode

Integrated classes (2 groups) Lectures and exercises

Prüfungsmethode

Continuous assessment (three short written tests) and final written exam

Voraussetzungen laut Lehrplan

(Austrian) secondary school-leaving level in mathematics

Schnellinfos

Studiengang

Bank- und Finanzwirtschaft (Bachelor)

Akademischer Grad

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Unterrichtssprache

Englisch

Studienplan

Vollzeit

Studienjahr, in dem die Lerneinheit angeboten wird

WS2026

Semester in dem die Lehrveranstaltung angeboten wird

1 WS

Incoming

Nein

Lernergebnisse der Lehrveranstaltung

After successful completion of the course, students can • illustrate data and frequency distributions in tables and graphs • analyse data and frequency distributions • calculate the relevant measures of location and dispersion, and correlations, and interpret them • to perform linear regressions, and interpret the results

Kennzahl der Lehrveranstaltung

0229-19-01-VZ-DE-04