Statistics, Finance and Actuarial sciences

Objectives This course aims to give students a solid grounding in statistical terminology and to acquaint them with the typical linguistic features and characteristics of standard statistical presentations and publications. Skills studied Proceeding from the elementary skills of interpreting and describing tables and graphs, the course will focus on expository texts ,so as to enable the students gain facility in describing the statistical methods underlying reported data. It is hoped that by the end of the course, the students, with reference to the publications of the Istitutonazionale di statistica , will be able to make competent statistical presentations in English on the economic and social realities of Italy and to respond to questions and requests for clarification thereon.