HOLY

 ANGEL  UNIVERSITY  
GRADUATE  SCHOOL  
 
COURSE:  Advanced  Statistics  (GSSTATME)  
PROGRAM:  Master  of  Science  in  Engineering  Management    
FACULTY:  RIVERA,  John  Paolo  R.,  Ph.D.    
 
COURSE  DESCRIPTION:  
This   course   is   designed   to   provide   Masteral   students   in   Engineering   with   an   intense  
foundational   introduction   to   the   fundamental   concepts   in   Business   Statistics.   The   course  
continues   the   introduction   the   student   started   in   their   Undergraduate   degrees   to   significant  
areas  of  Statistics  and  concentrates  on  pertinent  and  concrete  examples  and  applications.  After  
completing  the  course  the  student  should  be  able  to  work  basic  word  problems  in  probability  
and  statistics.  
 
COURSE  OBJECTIVES:  
After  completing  the  course,  the  students  are  expected  to;  
1. Reason   and   recognize   patterns;   create,   read,   and   interpret   graphs,   charts,   histograms,  
and  diagrams;    
2. Collect,   organize,   and   represent   data,   and   be   able   to   recognize   and   describe  
relationships;    
3. Understand   and   use   the   basic   measures   of   central   tendency;   and   the   language   of  
probability;  
4. Compute  the  probabilities  of  composite  events  using  the  basic  rules  of  probability;  and  
understand  the  significance  of  statistics  and  probability  in  the  real  world;    
5. Demonstrate  several  approaches  to  basic  problem  solving  and  implementing  statistical  
techniques;   and   acquire,   organize,   and   synthesize   information   and   creatively   use   that  
information;  and    
6. Understand   and   appreciate   the   significance   of   statistics   and   their   applicability   to  
industry  practice.    
 
TEACHING  METHODS  AND  STRATEGIES  
Class   discussions,   lectures,   problem   sets,   and   class   participation   are   among   the   methods   that  
will  be  used  in  class.    
 
COURSE  CONTENT  
Week  1  
I. Preliminaries  
II. Introductory  Statistics  
a. Measures  of  Central  Tendency  
b. Moments  of  Random  Variables  
III. Data  Management  
a. Types  and  Measurement  of  Data  
b. Data  and  Spreadsheets  
c. Sources  of  Data  
 d. Pictorial  Methods  for  Describing  Data  
Week  2  
I. Probability  
II. Random  Variables  and  Discrete  Probability  Distributions  
III. Continuous  Probability  Distributions  
IV. Sampling  Distributions  
V. Hypothesis  Testing    
a. Standard  Normal    
Week  3  
I. Hypothesis  Testing    
a. Contingency  Table  
b. T-­‐tests  
c. F-­‐tests  
d. Chi-­‐Square  tests  
II. MIDTERM  EXAMINATION  
Week  4  
I. ANOVA  vs.  ANCOVA  
II. Corrrelation  vs.  Causation  
III. Ordinary  Least  Squares  Regression  
IV. Qualitative  Response  Model:  Logistic  Regression  
Week  5  
I. Summing  Up  
II. FINAL  EXAMINATION  
 
COURSE  ASSESSMENT  
Midterm  Examination   35%  
Final  Examination   35%  
Assignments  and  Essays   20%  
Class  Participation   10%  
 
GRADING  SYSTEM  
Numerical  Grade   Percentage   Letter  Grade   Classification  
1.00   >97   A   Outstanding  
1.25   94-­‐96   A-­‐   Excellent  
1.50   91-­‐93   B+   Superior  
1.75   88-­‐90   B   Very  Good  
2.00   85-­‐87   B-­‐   Good  
5.00   <85   C   Failed  
6.00     FA   Failure  due  to  absences  
8.00     UW   Unauthorized  Withdrawal  
9.00     DRP   Dropped  with  Permission  
 
COURSE  REFERENCE  
Lind,  D.,  Marchal,  W.,  &  Wathen,  S.  (2006).  Basic  Statistics  for  Business  and  Economics  (5th      
Edition).  Singapore:  Mc  Graw  Hill  Education.