•GUIDA ECONOMIA 07-08 - Università degli studi di Udine

prospectus pordenone
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tistical techniques used in business. A
basic knowledge of mathematics is necessary
to understand the concepts. However,
the course emphasizes the practical
use of these concepts to solve real business
problems.
1. Descriptive Statistics: a summary;
2. Introduction to Probability: Experiments,
Events and Their Probability,
Conditional Probability, Bayes’ Theorem.
3. Discrete Random Variables: Discrete
Probability Distributions, Expected Value
and Variance, Binomial and Poisson
Probability Distributions. Continuous
Random Variables: Probability Density
Function, Expected Value and Variance,
Exponential and Normal Probability Distributions.
4. Linear Combination of Random Variables;
Central Limit Theorem.
5. Sampling and Sampling Distributions:
Simple Random Sampling, Introduction
to Sampling Distributions, Sampling distribution
of the Sample Mean, Sampling
Distribution of the Sample Proportion:
Large-Sample Case, Sampling Distribution
of the Difference Between the Means
of Two Populations: Independent Samples,
Small- Sample Case (the Normal
Population) and Large-Sample Case;
Sampling Distribution of the difference
Between the Proportions of Two Populations:
Large-Sample Case.
6. Point Estimation: Point Estimators,
Properties of Point Estimators: Unbiasedness,
Efficiency, Consistency.
7. Interval Estimation: Interval Estimation
of a Population Mean: Small and
Large Sample Case. Interval Estimation
of a Population Proportion: Large-Sample
Case; Interval Estimation of the Difference
Between the Means of Two Populations:
Independent Samples, Small- Sample
Case (the Normal Population) and
Large-Sample Case; Interval Estimation
of the difference Between the Proportions
of Two Populations: Large-Sample
Case. Determining the Sample Size.
8. Hypothesis Testing: Developing Null
and Alternative Hypotheses; Type I and II
Error, Tests on a Population Mean:
Small-Sample Case (One-Tailed and
Two-Tailed Tests), the Normal Population;
Tests on a Population Mean: Large-
Sample Case (One-Tailed and Two-Tailed
Tests); Tests About a Population Proportion:
Large-Sample Case (One-Tailed and
Two-Tailed Tests); Hypothesis Tests on
the Difference Between Two Means of
Two Populations: Large and Small-Sample
Size; Tests on the Difference Between
the Proportions of Two Populations:
Large-Sample Size.
9. Introduction to Simple Linear Regression.
Bibliography
- S. BORRA, A. DI CIACCIO, Statistica,
Metodologie per le scienze economiche e
sociali, McGraw-Hill, Milano, 2004.
- D. PICCOLO, Statistica per le decisioni, Il
Mulino, Bologna, 2004.
- D.M. LEVINE, T.C. KREHBIEL, M.L. BEREN-
SON, Statistica, Apogeo, Milano, 2002.
- G. CICCHITELLI, Probabilità e statistica,
second edition, Maggioli, Rimini.
Exam
To receive credits students must complete
two written assignments, a midterm
examination, and a final examination.
TAX LAW 1
Prof.ssa Samantha Buttus
Aims
To obtain knowledge of the Italian Tax
Law System, with particular attention to
constitutional principles, institutes and
structure of the main taxes, computation
and taxation of business income.