Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
SEC1542014846STATISTICS IN SOCIAL SCIENCESElective123
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
By giving the basic definitions and concepts of statistical science, it is necessary for the students to acquire the basic competencies necessary for the processing and interpretation of data obtained in the field of enterprises or in various academic studies.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Yasemin Yıldırım
Learning Outcomes
1Learning the basic concepts of statistic
2To be able to process the obtained data appropriately and make it ready for presentation
3Ability to interpret and interpret central tendency and distribution measures
4To be able to know the concepts of probability in general and to show its relation with statistical science
5To learn and interpret the distributions
Mode of Delivery
Evening Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
Basic concepts of statistics, classification and organization of data, central metrics, probability and statistical relation, distributions and correlation.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Definition of statism, importance and basic concepts
2Frequency distributions
3Presentation of data in tables and graphs
4Central tendency measures
5Central dispersion measures
6Comparison of central tendency and dispersion measures
7General application
8Midterm
9Introduction to probability
10Probability rules
11Permutation
12Combination
13Normal distribution, t distribution and Chi-square distribution
14Regression and correlation
15Final
Recommended or Required Reading
Burhan Çil, İstatistik, Detay Publishing
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
SUM0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
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Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Criticising Paper21428
Individual Study for Homework Problems41560
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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