Lahore University of Management Sciences

Statistics and Data Analysis

Spring 2016-2017

Instructor Saher Asad

Room No. 147
Office Hours TBA
Email saher.asad@lums.edu.pk
Telephone Ext 8460
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Course URL (if NA
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Course Basics
Credit Hours
Lecture(s) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week 1 Duration 110 mins
Recitation/Lab (per week) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week 1 Duration 110 mins
Tutorial (per week) Nbr of Lec(s) Per Week - Duration

Course Distribution
Core
Elective
Open for Student Category
Close for Student Category

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will introduce you to statistics as a science of understanding and analyzing data. You will learn how to make use of,
collect and analyze data to make inferences and conclusions about real world phenomena.

COURSE Anti-PREREQUISITE(S)
Pre-requisite: Calculus I
Anti-requisite: Statistics or Probability and Statistics

Learning Outcomes

 Gain understanding of the importance of data collection, recognize the limitation in data collection and how these impact
inference
 Use statistical software STATA to perform data analysis
 Conceptually understand statistical inference
 Apply testing methods to analyze single variables and relationship between two variables
 Understanding different data types and the methods to perform inference in each type of data
 Understanding simple regression
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Grading Breakup and Policy

Exams: 4 exams (80%)

Labs: Labs/ Class Surprise quizzes (20%)

Examination Detail

Exam The course will have 4 exams. Each will be 20% of the grade and will be administered at equal intervals during the
semester.

Course Outline

Textbook(s)/Supplementary Readings
1. OpenIntro Statistics (OIS) 3rd edition by David M DIez, Christopher D. Barr and Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel (The entire book is
freely accessible and can be downloaded from https://www.openintro.org/stat/textbook.php?stat_book=os )
2. Mostly Harmless Econometrics (MHE) by Joshua D. Angrist and Jorn-Steffen Pischke (Some Chapters)

Note: The syllabus will closely follow the first book and will be supplemented with concepts from second one when needed.

Topics Text

Introduction to Data OIS Chapter 1

Probability OIS Chapter 2

Distribution of Random Variables OIS Chapter 3

Foundations for Inference OIS Chapter 4

Inference for Numerical Data OIS Chapter 5

Inference for Categorical Data OIS Chapter 6

Introduction to Linear Regression OIS Chapter 7

Introduction to Multiple Regression (Maybe Depending on Time) OIS Chapter 8