1	Course Title:	STATISTICS FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
2	Course Code:	TEK3729
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	5
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	-
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. HASAN VURAL
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof.Dr. Serkan GÜRLÜK
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof.Dr.Hasan Vural hvural@uludag.edu.tr 2941589 B.U.Ü.Ziraat Fakültesi Tarım Ekonomisi Bölümü
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	Application of statistics methods at agricultural economics
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Economic and social problem solving and evaluation competencies are developed.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 To be able to explain application areas of statistics in agricultural economics ; 2 To be able to arrange a data set, make meaningful inferences and present data in graphical style ; 3 To be able to make interprets through central tendency measures and dispersion measures ; 4 To be able to test whether a data set belongs to a greater population ; 5 To be able to make inferences about whether variables in two data sets have statistically relationships each other in the agricultural economics researches ; 6 To be able to compute statistical significance and set different functional forms in the agricultural economics researches ; 7 To be able to interpret statistical model results and make policy implications regarding agricultural economics researches ; 8 To be able to analyze time series seen in the agricultural economics and make forecasts ; 9 To be able to use indexes seen in the agricultural economics area ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Fundamental of statistics and study areas in the agricultural economics	Uses of Excel software in arrangements of data
2	Organizing and arranging of data and distribution of frequency	Uses of Excel software in arrangements of data
3	Application of central tendency measurements in researches regarding agricultural economics	Introduction to SPSS software and calculation of measurement of central tendency
4	Measurement of dispersion and uses in researches regarding agricultural economics	Estimation of dispersion measurements through SPSS statistics software
5	Probability theory and normal distribution	Defining of deviations from normal distribution and normalization through SPSS statistics software
6	Statistical test distribution and applications in researches regarding agricultural economics (z-test and t-test)	Defining of statistical test distributions through SPSS statistics software
7	Statistical test distribution and applications in researches regarding agricultural economics (x2-test and F-test)+ Midterm Exam	Defining of statistical test distributions through SPSS statistics software
8	Correlation analysis in researches regarding agricultural economics	Correlation analysis through SPSS statistics software
9	Linear regression analysis	Regression analysis through SPSS statistics software
10	Linear regression analysis with different functional types that used in researches regarding agricultural economics	Regression analysis in different functional forms through SPSS statistics software
11	Statistical time series	Time series analysis through SPSS statistics software
12	Defining seasonal and economic trend fluctuations in agricultural economics data	Time series analysis through SPSS statistics software
13	Statistical indexes	Data analysis of research data exampes
14	Calculation methods of indexes in agricultural economics data	Course Review

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Köksal, B., 1998. İstatistik Analiz Metodları. Çağlayan Kitabevi, İstanbul, 571s. (In Turkish) Vural, H. 2012. Tarım ve Gıda Ekonomisi İstatistiği. Uludağ Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Ders Notları No: 107. (In Turkish) Kalaycı, Ş. 2006. SPSS Uygulamalı Çok Değişkenli İstatistik Teknikleri, Asil Yayın Dağıtım, Ankara, 425s. (In Turkish)
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	30
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	10
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Understanding the subject is measured with written exams and assignments.
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	14	2	28
Self Study and Preparation	14	2	28
Homeworks, Performances	1	2	2
Projects	0	0	0
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	2	2
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			92
Total workload/ 30 hr			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 LO3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 LO5 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO6 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO7 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 LO8 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LO9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High