Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The module introduces different types of data with relevance to business economists. In addition, the student is enabled to read and understand, process and present and critically relate to statistics at a basic level in relation to statistical material of relevance to business economists. 

The student is introduced to basic statistical concepts and methods in order to present different variables (e.g. numerical and categorical) as well as the relationship between two variables.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary knowledge on:

• different data types and sources of relevance to business economists.
• methods for processing and presenting different types of variables.
• techniques for presenting and interpreting the relationship between two variables.

Skills

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary skills in:

• retrieving relevant data from databases and processing and preparing data, including data cleansing, conversions and processing missing observations.
• making simple statistical calculations for one and two variables using software.
• presenting data (including visually) and critically engage with the presentation of descriptive statistics of one or two variables.

Competences

The objective is that the student after the module possesses the necessary competences in:

• independently apply descriptive statistics as an analytical tool for business issues.
• carry out data processing in a business context, including the preparation, presentation and interpretation of descriptive statistical analyses.
• critically evaluate the meaning of basic descriptive statistics (including the statistical distribution of variables) and the relationship between two variables.

Type of instruction

For information see § 17.

Exam

Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam

• It is a prerequisite for exam participation that the student has handed in specified assignments.
• If the student has not fulfilled the above prerequisite for participation in the ordinary examination, then it must be fulfilled to participate in the re-examination.

Exams