2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MATH0365 Foundation Probability and Statistics

10 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: Dr Margit Messmer
Email: M.Messmer@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

GCSE Mathematics or equivalent. This module is not available to students who have a Maths A-level (or equivalent)

This module is mutually exclusive with

LUBS1260	Mathematics for Economics and Business 1
LUBS1270	Statistics for Economics and Business 1
LUBS1280	Mathematical Economics

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Module summary

This module covers basic concepts in statistics and probability which have applications in Business and Economics. It has been designed for Foundation Year students intending to proceed to degree programmes in the Business School.

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

(a) process data to produce histograms etc and determine means, medians and standard deviation for discrete, continuous, grouped, ungrouped data;
(b) calculate probabilities, in particular in connection with the binomial distribution;
(c) use the standard normal curve (i) to approximate to binomial probabilities and (ii) to obtain confidence intervals.

Syllabus

- Data summary: Histograms
- Stem-and-leaf diagrams
- Box plots
- Measures of location
- Measures of dispersion
- Probability: Sample space
- Exclusive and complementary events
- Conditional probability
- Independent events
- Discrete random variables: Probability function and cumulative distribution function
- Expectation and variance
- Binomial and Poisson distributions
- Normal distribution: Reduction to standard form
- Use of tables.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	33	1.00	33.00
Private study hours			67.00
Total Contact hours			33.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Studying and revising of course material.
Completing of assignments and assessments.

Example classes will be covered in the lectures.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Regular problem solving assignments



!!! In order to pass the module, students must pass the examination. !!!

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
In-course Assessment	.	15.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		15.00

There is no resit available for the coursework component of this module. If the module is failed, the coursework mark will be carried forward and added to the resit exam mark with the same weighting as listed above.

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	85.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		85.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 26/04/2017

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