Business Statistics

Syllabus 2017

What is GCE A/L Business Statistics?

Business Statistics introduces quantitative techniques, descriptive statistics, probability distributions, hypothesis testing, and statistical models essential for managerial decision-making and economic analysis.

Below you'll find the official syllabus topics and free past papers for Business Statistics.

Aims

  1. 1.Collect, summarize, and interpret business and economic data.
  2. 2.Apply probability, sampling, estimation, and regression techniques in commercial problem solving.

Syllabus

#TopicPeriods
1Introduction to Business Statistics and Data Collection40
2Data Presentation: Tables, Diagrams, and Graphs40
3Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion70
4Skewness, Kurtosis, and Moments30
5Probability Theory and Probability Distributions90
6Sampling Techniques and Sampling Distributions50
7Estimation and Hypothesis Testing80
8Correlation and Regression Analysis60
9Time Series Analysis and Forecasting50
10Index Numbers and Statistical Quality Control50

Source: National Institute of Education (NIE), Sri Lanka