Fall 2012
Professor Ng’s Information Name: Dr. Pin Ng
E-mail: Use Bb Learn e-mail only (preferred way to communicate not telephone). Do not send e-mail to my LOUIE e-mail account.
Office location: FCB 408
Office hours: Tu,Th 3:40-5:10 p.m. or by appointment
Phone: 523-8726 (not preferred) No telephone tag
Biography: Short Vita (use Control-click)
Course Information Course title: Introduction to Business Statistics Course numbers and class times: Class meets in Lab 333/344 the first class meeting of the week and in Room 110/111 the second class meeting of the week.
ECO201, 2:20 PM – 3:35 PM, Tu Lab 344
ECO201, 2:20 PM – 3:35 PM, Th Room 110
ECO201, 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM, Tu Lab 333
ECO201, 5:30 PM – 6:45 PM, Th Room 111 Course Description:
Basic business statistics including a review of descriptive measures, selected discrete probability distributions, selected continuous probability distributions, and statistical inference, hypothesis testing, correlation, and regression.
Prerequisite(s): MAT119, (use Control-click)
Prerequisite(s) or as Co-requisites CIS120
Class URL: http://bblearn.nau.edu
FCB URL: http://www.franke.nau.edu
FCB Computing Account: If you do not have a current FCB Computing Account, then go to room 121 in the FCB to get one. This also applies if you have lost your username and password to a current account. Do it today! Do not put it off.
Course Goals At the end of the semester, you should 1. have become an effective self-learner (use Control-click on all) 2. have acquired skills needed to work effectively in a team environment 3. feel comfortable about applying the various statistical techniques learned in the class to real problems 4. have a sound understanding of the relationship between a population and a sample, and the stochastic (random) nature of various test statistics 5. be