Undergraduate CUR-BAN28-2022
Quantitative Techniques for Business
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Duration
13 weeks
Study method
100% Online
Available loans
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Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
QS RANKING 2022
11
Times Higher Education Ranking 2022
17
Subject details
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- recognise practical business situations in which a range of statistical and mathematical techniques are applicable
- present, summarise and process suitable sample data, make basic statistical inferences which lead to appropriate business interpretations with the potential to develop sophisticated mathematical models
- use one or more current statistical software packages for basic data analysis
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- Introduction, Sets and Functions
- Polynomial Functions
- Calculus
- Optimisation
- Elementary Probability
- Probability Distributions
- Normal Distribution
- Hypothesis Testing
No eligibility requirements
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
This subject introduces mathematical concepts relevant to business and economic applications. The subject begins with a review of foundational concepts in algebra, progressing to elementary calculus used in applications of constrained and unconstrained optimisation. The second half of the subject reviews elementary statistical concepts and techniques for statistical inference.
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