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Introductory Statistics - JEB142

Title:	Introductory Statistics
Czech title:	Introductory Statistics
Guaranteed by:	Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
Faculty:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual:	from 2018 to 2024
Semester:	summer
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:	summer s.:written
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	185 / 185 (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	taught
Language:	English
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	RNDr. Michal Červinka, Ph.D.
Teacher(s):	Levan Bezhanishvili, M.Sc., Ph.D. RNDr. Michal Červinka, Ph.D. Thi Hoang Hieu Nguyen, M.A. Mgr. Ing. Šarlota Smutná, M.Sc.
Class:	Courses for incoming students
Incompatibility :	JEB132
Is pre-requisite for:	JEB157, JEB105

Examination dates SS schedule Noticeboard

Annotation -

Introductory course of probability theory and descriptive statistics which covers the basic notions needed for the course of statistics.

Last update: Červinka Michal, RNDr., Ph.D. (25.09.2019)

Course completion requirements

Grading 2024/25:

Two homeworks: HW1 for 18% of the grade, HW2 for 10% of the grade (HW1 will be assigned on March 7th; HW2 will be assigned on April 8th)

Written test: 80-minute test for 60% of the grade.

Oral examination: 12% of the grade

Grading system based on percents of the grade:

0-50   percents ... F ... insufficient (substantial extra work required)
51-60   percents ... E ... sufficient (satisfies minimum requirements)
61-70   percents ... D ... acceptable (with large number of major mistakes)
71-80   percents ... C ... good (solid with few major mistakes)
81-90   percents ... B ... very good (above average with some mistakes)
91-100 percents ... A ... excellent (with minor mistakes)

For a successful exam, it is additionally required to score at least 51% of the written test, i.e. obtain at least 30.5% of the grade or more from the written test.

Exam dates:

TBA later

3x May, 2x June + 1x September

Oral examination details:

Oral discussion will have the following progress:

Discussion about the grading of the written test (regardless of the score). If the discussion reaches 10 minutes, another individual meeting will be scheduled.

The additional parts will be available only to students who score at least 51% of the written test

One question will be assigned to students. This includes definitions or formulations of some results covered in the classes. Student will be given up to 5 minutes to prepare notes. Student can use only these notes during the discussion. A discussion about the assigned question will take up to 5 minutes to discuss and students can gain up to 6% of the grade.
Further, a random additional question will be assigned. This includes topics included in the written test or during the previous part of the oral exam which may link to previous discussion only vaguely. The question will invoke either some composition of covered results, which itself was not explicitly mentioned or a question which extends slightly the covered topic and yet the students should have all ingredience available for providing a correct answer. Student could take up to 60 minutes to prepare the answer and will be given just one chance of presenting the answer. Students can gain up to 6% of the grade from this part.

Students will be scheduled in 20 minutes long intervals.

Last update: Červinka Michal, RNDr., Ph.D. (18.02.2025)

Syllabus -

1. Introduction to statistics and probability theory

2. Descriptive statistics, graphical methods of data description

3. Experiments, sample spaces and events

4. Definitions and properties of probability

5. Counting

6. Conditional probability and independence of events

7. Sampling methods

Last update: Červinka Michal, RNDr., Ph.D. (25.09.2019)