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1 Outcome
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2 Overview
Outcome
By the end of this session you should be able to:
Describe sources of information from within and outside the organization (including government statistics, financial press, professional or trade associations,quotations and price list)
Explain the uses and limitations of published information/data (including information from the internet)
Describe the impact of general economic environment on costs/revenue
Describe the main uses of big data and analytics for organisations
Explain sampling techniques (random, systematic, stratified, multistage, cluster andquota)
Choose an appropriate sampling method in a specific situation
Calculate the mean, mode, and median for grouped and ungrouped data
Calculate measures of dispersion including the variance, standard deviation and coefficient of variation both grouped and ungrouped data
Calculate expected values for use in decision-making
Explainthe properties of a normal distribution
Interpret normal distribution graphs and tables
and answer questions relating to these areas.


