STATISTICS
FALL 2005
Department of Agricultural Economics
National Taiwan University

Instructor: Yu-Hui Chen
Office: Room 206, Building of Bio-Resources and Agriculture
Phone: 33662659
Email: yhc@ntu.edu.tw
Schedule: Monday, 9:10 am－12:10pm

Textbook
Black, Ken, Business Statistics, 4th edition update, Wiley Company, 2006.

References
Bereson, Levine, and Krehbiel, Business Statistics: Concepts and Application, 9th edition, Prentice Hall International, Inc, 2003.
Mann, P.S., Statistics for Business and Economics, John Wiely & Sons, New York, U.S.A, 1995.
Mason, R., D. Lind, and W. Marchal, Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, 11th edition, McGraw Hill Company, 2004.

Course Content
This is a two-semester introductory undergraduate business statistics course. In fall semester, the course will cover (1) Introduction; (2) Organizing Data; (3) Numerical Descriptive Techniques; (4) Probability; (5) Discrete Random Variables & Their Probability Distributions; (6) Continuous Random Variables & Their Probability Distributions; (7) Sampling Distribution; (8) Sampling Distribution; (9) Estimation of the Mean and Proportion; and (10) Hypothesis Tests about the Mean and Proportion. The topics that will be taught in spring semester include: (1) Estimation and Hypothesis Testing: Two populations; (2) Chi-Squares Tests; (3)Analysis of Variance, (4) Non-parametric Methods; (5)Simple Regression; (6) Multiple Regression; (7) Index Number; and (8) Time Series Analysis.

Grading Policy
Mid-term Exam 40%
Final Exam 40%
Homework 20%