كمي 107

King Saud University
College of Business Administration
Quantitative Analysis Department (QUA)
Course Specifications
Professor Course:Khalid Altassan

A- Basic Information
Code: QUA 107	Course Title:  INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS IN BUSINESS
Section:	Programme: Undergraduate
Pre-requisites: None	Credits Hours: Theoretical           3                            Practical               1
Target Students: Normally only avail to qualifying year college of business                                   administration students.
Department offering the course: Quantitative Analysis Department (QUA)
B- Professional Information
Provide students with the concepts and special skills for collecting, classifying, analyzing and presenting the data		1- Overall aims of course
- Collecting, tabulating and presenting of data. - Measures of central tendency. - Measures of dispersion - Simple Linear correlation & Regression. - Time Series Analysis. - Index numbers. - Principles of probability. - Probability Distributions		2- Course Contents
- lectures - exercises - cases studies		3- Teaching and Learning     Methods
4- Students Assessments
- Monthly Exams - Weekly Homework - Final exam		4/1- Tools
-First Exam: 6th week and on Saturday at 10:00 Am -Second Exam: 13th week  and on Saturday at 10:00 Am -Replacement Exam (TBA) on Saturday at 10:00 Am		4/2- Time Schedule
- First Exam: 30 points - Second Exam: 20 points - Paricipation and Attendance: 10 points - Final exam:     40 points
5- List of references
By lectures		5/1- Text notes
Statistical Technique in Business and Economics, Douglas A. Lind and Others		5/2- Text books
Replacement Exam available for all students and it include all chapters		Very Important Note