Introductory Statistics Module Outline

BUS132

2nd Semester 2024

Table of Contents Page

Part A: General Information 2

Teaching Staff 2

Consultation Times 2

Virtual Timetable 3

Module Overview 3

Current Module Descriptor 3

Part B: Teaching and Learning 4

Teaching and Learning Objectives 4

Teaching and Learning Materials 4

Teaching and Learning Activities 5

Types of Assessments 6

Description and Explanation of Assessments 6

Additional Assessment Information 6

Course Evaluation of Learning and Teaching 6

Graduate Attributes, Learning Outcomes and Assessments 7

Planned Semester Schedule 7

Part C: Academic dishonesty 8

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 Part A: General Information

Welcome to the Department of Statistics and Population Studies. This is an Introductory

Statistics course servicing the Economics and Management Science Faculty. We hope that
you will enjoy this field of study and that you will achieve success with your attempt. Please
make use of this guide to success to obtain excellent results!! It is your responsibility to ensure
that you are registered properly for this course.

Teaching Staff
Coordinator and Lecturer
Name Mrs. Chanel Morkel (Groups 5)
Email [email protected]
Office 1.79 CAMS Building
Lecturing Staff
Name Mr. Abduraghiem Latief (Group 3)
Email [email protected]
Office 1.89 CAMS Building

Name Mrs. Ronell Lombard Jacobus (Group 2)

Email [email protected]
Office 1.81 CAMS Building

Name Mr. Fallo Khanye (Group 1)

Email [email protected]
Office Tech Room, Lab J, CAMS Building

Name Dr. Philomene Nsengiyumva (Group 4)

Email [email protected]
Office 1.72 CAMS Building

EMS UG Contact:
Email [email protected]

Lecturer Consultation Times: BUS132 Lecturer Consultation Times (Semester 2_2024)

Lecture Group Lecturer Day Periods/Times
Student consultation with a lecturer may occur Monday 2, 5, 6
1 Mr Fallo Khanye Tuesday 2, 5
during these periods or times on campus in Friday 2, 5, 6
the lecturer’s office or in a pre-determined Monday 5
2 Mrs Ronell Lombard Jacobus
venue. Please consult with your lecturer about Thursday 5
the location of these consultation sessions Monday 2
3 Mr Abdurahgiem Latief Tuesday 1
ahead of time to make a booking.
Thursday 1
4 Dr Philomene Nsengiyumva Thursday 6, 7
Monday 2, 3
Tuesday 3, 4
5 Mrs Chanel Morkel
Wednesday 2, 3
Thursday 2, 3

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Tutorial Times:

Tutorials are compulsory to attend since it will be face- BUS132 Tutorial Timetable 2024
to-face during lunch either on a Wednesday or on a Wednesday lunch Thursday lunch
Thursday. Please check your official timetable to see
Tut Group Venue Tut Group Venue
which tutorial group you belong to. You should only
attend one tutorial period per week for this module. 1 GH3 4 SC2
Then review this tutorial timetable to see the day, time 2 OE 5 SC7
and venue of your tutorial. You do not need to sign up 3 B3 8 GH3
for these tutorials since you were automatically 6 SC4 9 D13
assigned when you registered. Tutorial sizes are large, 7 SC2
so please stick to the current tutorial group you have on
your official timetable. Should you have any clashes with your tutorials, please see the
coordinator, Mrs Morkel, as soon as possible.

BUS 132 Face-to-Face Lecture Timetable 2024

Lecture Timetable:
Period Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
08:30 Group 1 Group 5 Group 2
1 to
Lectures are face-to-face according 09:15 L20 DL1 SC1
to your official timetable. Please 2
09:25
to
Group 5 Group 4 Group 2
GH1 DL1 SC1
check to make sure you are 10:10
10:20 Group 2 Group 4 Group 3 Group 1
attending the correct lecture group 3 to
SC6 SC3 A2 L20
11:05
venue. There are four weekly lecture 11:15 Group 3 Group 4
4 to
periods which are compulsory to 12:00 A1 DL1
12:10
attend. Should you have lecture 5 to
Group 3 Group 1 Group 5
B1 L20 GH1
group clashes please see your EMS 12:55
12:56 Tut Groups Tut Groups
Faculty office to correct those errors Lunch to
13:59 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 4, 5, 8, 9
on your timetable. 14:00 Group 4 Group 2
6 to
14:45 SC1 SC6
14:55 Group 5 Group 1 Group 3
7 to
15:40 GH1 L20 A1

Module Overview
The key focus or purpose of this Introduce students to Statistics, to recognise the
module importance of Statistics in both private and public sectors,
data summaries (e.g. mean and standard deviation),
perform simple statistical analysis and use a computer to
analyse data.
How this module relates to This module is an entry level course which uses basic
previously studied modules mathematical tools learnt at secondary school. Some
concepts may be new while others are known.
How this module prepares This full-time module is a service level course for the
students for subsequent modules Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences (EMS). It
provides a sound statistical foundation to the student who
wishes to continue with second year Statistics (provided
they successfully complete first year Mathematics) as well
as the student who continues with business related
modules (Economics, Accounting, Finance, etc.).
How this module relates to the This module will enable the student to use the basic
degree/discipline/ programme(s) statistical tools learnt and apply them to their business
environment.

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 Current Module Descriptor
Home Department Statistics
Module Topic Introductory Statistics
Generic Module Name Business statistics 132
Alpha-numeric Code BUS132
Credit Value 15
Duration Semester
Proposed semester/term Second semester
Programmes in which the module
All B.Com programmes
will be offered
Level 5
• Recognize the importance of statistics in both private
and public sectors
• Summarize data into summary measures (e.g.
Main Outcomes mean and standard deviation)
• Do simple statistical analysis
• Use a computer to analyze data
• Descriptive statistics
• Simple linear regression analysis
• Probability
• Sampling distributions
Main Content • Inferential Statistics
• Index numbers
• Time series
• Chi-square
• Anova
Pre-requisites QSC131/132/MAM126/QSA131
Co-requisites None
Prohibited Combinations STA 111/121/125/141/142/151/BUS132
A. Breakdown of Learning Time Hours B. Time-table Requirement per week
Contact with lecturer / tutor: 56 Lectures p.w. 4
Assignments & tasks: 20 Practical’s p.w
Tests & examinations: Tutorials p.w. 1
Practical’s: 10
Self-study 64
Other: Please specify
Total Learning Time 150
Methods of Student Assessment Assignments, tutorials and tests: 60%
Final Exams: 40%

Part B: Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Learning Objectives

Students are expected to:

• Visit iKamva every day to see what new material has been added;
• Go through the weekly schedule to plan ahead;
• Read and summarise each chapter (from chapter 1 to 13) every week;
• Attend face-to-face lectures;
• Attend and complete weekly tutorials for submission;
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 • Complete online tests (on iKamva);
• Complete and submit the one individual EXCEL based take home assignments on
time;
• Complete the two in person term tests (one per term);

Teaching and Learning Materials

Prescribed Text

Introductory Statistics. The course reader is available for purchase from the department at a
cost of R150 for printing. Find the course reader purchase form at the end of this course outline
to complete. Take only the completed form to the cashiers in the Admin building to pay for the
course reader. Take your completed form plus the payment receipt to the Statistics and
Population Studies department, Study Hub 3 in the CAMS building to collect your printed
course reader. The collection times are on the course reader forms.

Lecture Presentations

Lecture presentations and additional resources such as exercises can be found on iKamva
under the BUS132_2024 site. In order to access this site, you have to officially be registered
for this module. You can download these presentations to bring along to the lecture venues. It
is always helpful to read through the chapters before class to give yourself some background
and then participate more actively in class.

Recommended Calculators

Sharp EL 531VH
Casio FX 82ES
Or equivalent

Recommended Additional Text Books (not compulsory)

Most basic or introductory statistics books can be used for extra reading. Here are four books
that are available in the main library with their respective location and shelf number.
1. Basic and clinical biostatistics by B. Dawson-Saunders &
R.G. Trapp (Level 14, 519.502461DAW)
2. Statistics for management and economics by G. Keller & B.
Warrack (Level 12, 519.5KEL)
3. Mathematical statistics with application by D.D. Wackerly, W. Mendenhall & R.L. Scheaffer
(Level 14, 519.5WAC)
4. Introduction to business statistics by R.M.
Weiers (Level 5, 519.5WEI)

iKamva

Please consult iKamva (https://ikamva.uwc.ac.za/portal) every day for details pertaining to the
course such as notices, lecture material, additional notes and/or exercises that you can
download and work through in your own time. Announcements via email will be sent out to your
student email address via this platform, so check your student email everyday as well.

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 Teaching and Learning Activities

The normal mode of teaching consists of four face-to-face lectures (as per your lecture group
number) and one tutorial period per week (as per your tutorial group number). Your lecture
group and tutorial group may or may not be the same number. Weekly tutorial practicals will
be designed with guided exercises assisted by tutors during which one question must be
submitted for grading. Students will also participate in five online tests which will draw
attention to theory, calculation and interpretation type questions, asked in a multiple-choice
question (MCQ) format. At the end of each term, a main test will be written under exam
conditions in venues on campus to be disclosed closer to the test date. One individual,
written, take home, Excel assignments will also be expected for submission and grading. All
these activities are structured in such a way as to give the student a blended learning
experience by using different formats and methods for assessment while incorporating
Excel, PowerPoint, Word and online platforms. At the end of the semester, a sit-down exam
will be the final summative assessment in MCQ format.

Types of Assessments

Online Tests, Written Term tests, and Written Take Home Excel Assignments are compulsory.
There is also a mandatory final exam. Your CAM will count 60% and your exam will count
40%.

Semester mark: 40% average of the two term tests

20% average of the one individual take home Excel assignments
20% average of the online tests (best 4 of 5)
20% average of the weekly tutorials (best 4 of 6)

Description and Explanation of Assessments

Weekly tutorials
• Develop skills in formulation of written questions in terms of formulae, substitution,
calculation and interpretation.
Online Tests (MCQ format)
• Understand statistical theory.
• Develop understanding and calculation skills of basic statistics.
• Interpret the results of basic statistical calculations.
• Preparation for online term tests.
Written Take Home Excel Assignments
• Develop understanding and calculation skills of basic statistics using Excel.
• Interpret the results of basic statistical calculations.
• Develop skills for report writing.

Additional Assessment Information

Feedback

Feedback for written tutorials and take-home Excel assignments will be available two or three
weeks after submission. Time needs to be given for marking large numbers of papers.
Collection of marked scripts can be done in the Study Hub 3 during specified times, which

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will be communicated to you by your tutors and by an announcement via iKamva to your
student email. Queries will then be open for 5 days after marks (in Gradebook on iKamva)
are made available to students. Mark queries should be sent directly (either by email or in
person) to the coordinator, Mrs Morkel (see page 2).

Late Penalties

Absolutely NO late submissions will be accepted for grading.

Special Consideration and Additional Assessments

One medical test is scheduled to be written at the end of the semester. Only students that
handed in a sick certificate or appropriate official documents for missing any of the two tests
will be allowed to write the sick test/s. Application forms (found on iKamva) need to be
completed and submitted together with supporting documents to the coordinator, Mrs Morkel.
Refer to the General UWC Calendar about rules regarding special/sick exams,
Continuous Assessment, Pass Requirements and Re-evaluation.

Course Evaluation of Learning and Teaching

This module will be evaluated by students who will complete an anonymous Google Form
questionnaire at the end of the semester. Student comments will also be collated and
summarized to improve the presentation of the module in future.

Graduate Attributes, Learning Outcomes and Assessments

UWC Graduate
Learning outcomes Teaching/Learning activities Assessment tasks and criteria
Attributes
Understand and use descriptive and Class discussion
inferential statistics. In-class exercises
Inquiry focused Tests and exam
Pre-reading and preparation Tutorial questions
(Researching) questions
Solve quantitative statistical problems. Self-study exercises
Tutorial exercises

Reading with understanding;

Multiple choice questions Tests and exam
Develop a sound statistical foundation.
Critically and Tutorial exercises Tutorial questions
questions
relevantly literate Apply statistical tools to business Reading and writing tasks
(Solving problems) scenarios. Computer skills
Use the Internet, MS Word and MS
Tak e-home exercise
Excel.
Ethically,
environmentally Discuss ethical requirements when
Class discussion Take-home exercise
and socially aware using data
and active
Begin to develop life-long learning
Autonomous and
capabilities and to see one’s discipline Reading and writing tasks Take-home exercise
collaborative
in a wider context.
Present clear, well-structured
Skilled Tests and exam
statistical calculations, analyses and Develop statistical skills Tutorial questions
communicators questions
interpretations
Interpersonal
flexibility and
Work productively in co-operative
confidence to Group discussions Take-home exercise
learning groups
engage across
difference

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 Planned Semester Schedule

This is the planned schedule for the semester. Dates are put in place to help you manage
your time and give you an overview of what is expected in this module. Please note that
dates may change due to unforeseen circumstances, but we hope to follow this plan as far
possible. This schedule can also be found on iKamva (BUS132) under course resources.

BUS132 Semester 2 Schedule 2024

Lectures Face-to-face Tutorials Online MCQ Tests Excel Assignments Term Tests
Wed (lunch) On iKamva Individual submission Sit-down MCQ Tests
OR Opens at 8AM Submit printed version (Theory, Calculations,
Thur (lunch) Closes at 11PM only Interpretation)
Week Dates
Ch Topic Submit only Q2 during the Multiple submissions
Only 1 submission In Test Venue
tut period for grading Best mark per test used
Excel work 40% of CAM
20% of CAM 20% of CAM
20% of CAM (Average of both)
(Average best 4 of 6) (Average best 4 of 5)
0 Welcome
1 Introduction (Self-Study: Pre-recorded
Wk 1 22 - 26 Jul No tuts
lecture and slides on iKamva)
2 Graphical representation of Data
Tut 1: Ch 1 (2 questions)
Wk 2 29 - 2 Aug 3 Measures of location and dispersion
No submission
5 - 8 Aug Tut 2: Ch 2 (2 questions)
Wk 3 3 Measures of location and dispersion
9th: Public Holiday Submit only Q2 (10 marks)
Test 1 (Mon, 12 Aug)
Tut 3: Ch 3 (2 questions)
Wk 4 12 - 16 Aug 4 Probability counting methods Ch 1 + 2 + 3
Submit only Q2 (10 marks)
20 marks (2 hours)
Tut 4: Ch 4 (2 questions)
Wk 5 19 - 23 Aug 4 Probability of an event
No submission
Test 2 (Mon, 26 Aug)
5 Distribution of random variables Tut 5: Ch 4 (2 questions) Term Test 1 (Ch 1 - 4)
Wk 6 26 - 30 Aug Ch 4
6 Sampling distributions and estimation Submit only Q2 (10 marks) Fri, 30 Aug @ 14h30
20 marks (2 hours)
31 - 8 Sept Vacation Week
Tut 6: Ch 5 (2 questions)
Wk 7 9 - 13 Sept 7 Interval Estimation
No submission
Test 3 (Mon, 16 Sept)
Tut 7: Ch 7 (2 questions)
Wk 8 16 - 20 Sept 8 Hypothesis testing Ch 5 + 6 + 7
Submit only Q2 (10 marks)
20 marks (2 hours)
Excel Assignment
23 - 27 Sept Tut 8: Ch 8 (2 questions)
Wk 9 9 Correlation & Regression Due: Wed, 25 Sept
24th: Public Holiday Submit only Q2 (10 marks)
Submit to lecturer by 3PM
Test 4 (Mon, 30 Sept)
Tut 9: Ch 9 (2 questions) Term Test 2 (Ch 5 - 9)
Wk 10 30 - 4 Oct 10 Analysis of Variance Ch 8 + 9
No submission Sat, 5 Oct @09h30
20 marks (2 hours)
Tut 10: Ch 10 (2 questions)
Wk 11 7 - 11 Oct 11 Chi-square test
Submit only Q2 (10 marks)

Test 5 (Mon, 14 Oct)

Index Numbers (Self-Study: Pre- Tut 11: Ch 11 (2 questions) Med Test (Ch 3 - 11)
Wk 12 14 - 18 Oct 12 Ch 10 + 11
recorded lecture and slides on iKamva) No submission Fri, 18 Oct @ 14h30
(20 marks = 2 hours)
Wk 13 21 + 22 Oct No tuts

Part C: Academic honesty

Please adhere to UWC rules regarding academic honesty as described in the General UWC
Calendar.

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