Pieraccini L., Naccarato A., Lezioni di statistica descrittiva, G.Giappichelli Editore, Torino
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Learning Objectives
To allow students to read, to interpret, and to analyze statistical data from surveys.
Prerequisites
Elements of algebra and mathematics taught in secondary schools
Teaching Methods
Lectures
Type of Assessment
Mandatory written exam
Course program
Collecting informations. Qualitative and quantitative variables. Frequency distributions. Graphical representations. Mode, median, mean, quantiles. Range, variance, standard deviation. Bivariate distributions. Indipendence. Analysis of means. Covariance, correlation.