Introduction to Statistics

The Introduction to Statistics Course introduces statistics as a tool for decisionmaking in the entertainment business field. The first part of this course reviews how to collect, present, and analyze data. The course then
further explores the following topics: measures of central tendency and dispersion, statistical inference, index number, and time series analysis. The course also instructs students in how to present statistical data, construct frequency charts, and compute standard and quartile deviations. All of this knowledge is then applied in solving entertainment business problems in sampling, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation, and trend analysis.

Course Outline

• Overview of Business Statistics
• Business Statistics Terminology
• Collecting, Presenting and Analyzing Data
• Presentation of Statistical Data
• Problem-Solving Using Statistics
• Business Statistics and the Entertainment Industry