School of Management and Logistic Sciences

Management Department
Business Statistics (MGT 122) EVALUATION AND GRADING:

Course Syllabus 1st Exam 25 %

2nd Exam 25 %
Quizzes 10 %
Instructor: Dr. Serena Sandri E-mail: serena.sandri@gju.edu.jo Final Exam 40%
Office: B305
TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

Topic Chapter
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Introduction 1
The course deals with basic statistical concepts and methods that are commonly used for
business and economic applications. The course introduces the students to statistical Organizing and Visualizing Data 2
methods of collection, analysis, and presentation of quantitative data. Emphasis will be on
Numerical Descriptive Measures 3
the use of both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques within the workplace.
Topics covered include descriptive statistics, probability, discrete and continuous Basic Probability 4
distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. Acquired knowledge should
help students to deal with applications from all functional areas of business. Some Important Discrete Probability Distributions 5
The Normal Distribution and Other Continuous Distributions 6
TEACHING STRATEGY:
Confidence Interval Estimation 8
The class sessions will be a combination of lectures, interactive exercise, and
homework. Course content will come primarily from the assigned textbook. Fundamental of Hypothesis Testing 9

TEXT:
Berenson, Krehbiel and Levine, 2012, Basic Business Statistics: Concepts and
Applications, 12th Edition. Note: Exams dates will be fixed later.
This is one of the recommended texts, however, you can use any text containing the
required readings.
Good Luck!
BEHAVIORAL GUIDELINES
Dr. Serena Sandri
1.! Students are allowed to miss a maximum of 15% of classes, which equals to 5
classes.
2.! Students should arrive punctual to class and are not allowed to enter the class if
lecture has started.
3.! Mobiles and other electronic devices should be switched off.
4.! There will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS, unless the student is able to get valid
excuse and communicates it BEFORE the exams. If you miss the final exam with
no valid excuse it will count as a zero. In order to be excused from an exam, the
student must contact me before the exam. In most cases I will require students to
provide me with additional documentation to justify why he (she) was unable to
take the exam. Consider that a simple note indicating that a doctor saw you on the
day of the exam does not, in and of itself, provide sufficient documentation.