Course Identification

Title:

Mathematics module: Statistics and probability

Code:

20216012

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Dr. Alon Pinto

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2021

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Tuesday, 09:15 - 11:00

First Lecture:

02/03/2021

End date:

31/08/2021

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; Regular; 3.00 points

Comments

לתלמידי שני השנתונים

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

Participants:

20

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Attendance

10%

Assignments:

20%

Final:

70%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

4

Syllabus

Basic notions in Probability Theory and Statistical Analysis will be covered, in particular modeling issues, statistical inference and decision theory, with an emphasis on common fallacies of intuitive judgment in daily applications.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students will be able to discuss their acquired perception of statistics and probability, in particular, the difficulties involved in practicing, teaching and learning these topics.

Reading List

N/A

Website

N/A