Business Statistics

Teaching results

The main educational goal of the course is:
• acquaint students with the basic principles and knowledge of index theory,
• teach students to perform elementary analysis of time series, decomposition of time series,
• acquire knowledge of basic demographic phenomena and processes,
• to teach students the essence of theoretical and practical knowledge about the development and state of socio-economic characteristics in Slovakia and other countries,
• provide students with the opportunity to improve their analysis work with MS-Excel,
• gaining an analytical approach to solving economic problems that can be applied to the field of economic practice.
Knowledge:
Successful graduates of the course will gain knowledge of index theory, time series analysis, basic demographic processes, calculation, and analysis of socio-economic characteristics, which can apply in decision-making in various areas of economic practice and will use them appropriately in the study of other economic subjects, final thesis processing.
Skills:
The graduate is able to implement, perform elementary analysis of time series, seasonal decomposition of time series, apply individual and summary indices and their differences to assess the impact of partial factors on changes in analyzed variables, solves analyzes in MS-Excel, draws relevant conclusions from applied procedures. The student applies the acquired theoretical knowledge to solve specific economic problems.
Competences:
After completing the course, student is able to solve and analyze problems of economic practice, can think analytically and solve problems using indices, apply elementary analysis of time series, as well as decomposition of time series, is able to use basic databases for selecting a set of socio-economic and demographic indicators.