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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PLN 5051	APPLIED STATISTICS FOR PLANNERS	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EBRU ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course describes the basic concepts of statistics and how to analyse a collected data to explain a hypothesis via various statistical analyses. Computer applications will be thought via related software such as SPSS and SYSTAT.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Performs descriptive statistical analyses
2	Performs inferential statistical analyses

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Basic concepts (population, sample, variable, quantitative data, qualitative data, sample size selection)
2	Graphical description of data (bar graph, stem and leaf graph, histogram, box plot etc.)
3	Numerical description of data (mean, median, mode, standard deviation, quartiles)
4	Normal Curve
5	Non-Parametric Test (Chi-Square test)
6	Relation between variables (scatter plot, correlation)
7	Compare means (t-test, F test)
8	Regression (linear regression)
9	Computer applications with a given data set Handing in homework assignments.
10	Final Project / hypothesis definition
11	Data collection / data analyses
12	Data collection / data analyses
13	Report
14	Report

Recomended or Required Reading

Moore, D. S. & McCabe G. P. (1996). Introduction to the practice of statistics. W. H. Freeman and Company, NewYork.
Ramsey, F. L. & Schafer D. W. (1997). The Statistical Sleuth A course in methods of Data Analysis. Wadsworth Publishing Company.
Spiegel, M. R. DiFranco, D. (1998) Statistics. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. and MathSoft Inc.
Minium, E. W. & Clarke R. B. (1982) Elements of Statistical Reasoning. John Wiley Sons Inc.
Huff, D. (1993) How to lie with Statistics. W.W. Norton & Company Inc. NewYork.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures
Problem solving

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	ASG	ASSIGNMENT
2	PRS	PRESENTATION
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework
Report

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ebru.cubukcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 5-8th course hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	4	56
Preparing assignments	2	45	90
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			146

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13
LO.1											1
LO.2											1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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