Course code Ekon2115
Credit points 1.50
Statistics
Total Hours in Course40
Date of course confirmation08.11.2011
Responsible UnitInstitute of Economics and Finance
Course developer
Anda Vītiņa
Mg. paed.
Course abstract
While working on the term papers the students acquire practical skills for the collection, compiling, grouping statistic information and consolidate the knowledge of processing statistic data in the framework of the chosen theme.
Learning outcomes and their assessment
After completing the course student will have: knowledge – about core of statistics as science, statistics management in Latvia and EU, forms of data collection and its processing methods, data presentation in tables and graphs; skills – independently acquire statistical data from data sources, data grouping, calculate various statistical indicators, represent them in tables and images, analyse results; competence – gain knowledge and practical skills of statistical observation, data grouping and calculation of statistical indicators. Practical skills enable to apply various statistical methods for analyses of social and economical processes.
Compulsory reading
1. Goša Z. Statistika. Mācību grāmata. Rīga: LU, 2007, 327 lpp.
2. Krastiņš O., Ciemiņa I. Statistika. Mācību grāmata augstskolām. Rīga: LR CSP, 2003, 267 lpp.
3. Arhipova I., Bāliņa S. Statistika ekonomikā un biznesā: risinājumi ar SPSS un MS Excel. Rīga, 2006, 362 lpp.
4. Vergina G., Kārkliņa V. Statistika ekonomistiem. Rīga: Kamene, 2005, 92 lpp.
Further reading
1. Goša Z. Uzdevumu krājums statistikā. Rīga: Izglītības soļi, 2009, 116 lpp.
2. Orlovska A. Statistika. Mācību līdzeklis. Rīga: RTU, 2007, 111 lpp.
3. Vītols J. Statistikas vispārējā teorija. Rīga: Zvaigzne, 1988, 291 lpp.
Periodicals and other sources
1. Laikraksts Dienas Bizness: Latvijas biznesa avīze. Rīga: Dienas Mediji, 2005-. ISSN 1407-2041.