Master of Advanced Studies
in Humanitarian Logistics and Management

Understanding Statistical Models

This course aims to familiarize students with statistical theory, tools, and methods required for business systems analysis and improvement, emphasizing their application in real life situations.

Objectives

Introduce students to the principles of statistics and its applications to common humanitarian contexts;

Gain understanding of concepts in probability and statistics and their applications;

Gain understanding of statistical models and their applications;

Learn to use excel to address applied statistical problems.

Topics

Descriptive Statistics;

Continuous Distributions;

Sampling Distributions;

Confidence Intervals;

Hypothesis testing;

Significance;

Linear Regression;

Multiple Regression.