Business Statistics Competence to Support Work-Skill Courses of Diploma 4 Non-Engineering Study Program of Politeknik Negeri Bandung in the 21st Century Neneng Nuryati, Siti Syamsiyah Purwaningsih, Ira Novianty, Tjetjep Djuwarsa, Neneng Dahtiah, Djoni Djatnika , Carolina M Lasambouw, Anny Suryani, Endang Habinuddin, Amar Sumarsa
Politeknik Negeri Bandung
Abstract
The Study program of Government Management Accounting (AMP) is a non-engineering program with the vision to prepare graduates with entrepreneurial spirit and environmentally sound and moral. Graduate competency is indispensable in the development and advancement of technology in the 21st century. The graduate competency fulfillment is by providing them with the applicable knowledge such as applied statistics. It is one of the compulsory courses that contains ways to collect, present, analyze, and conclude data obtained in the form of decisions. One of the challenges in delivering this course is the level differences on students^ statistical literacy abilities. This research aims to evaluate the role of a business statistics course in the work-skill courses of non-engineering study programs in Politeknik Negeri Bandung. This research applied quantitative research with a descriptive correlation method. The finding shows that there is a positive relationship between the statistics course and non-engineering courses in the AMP study program, which is 0.507. The data shows a positive correlation between the statistics course and non-engineering courses in the AMP study program as shown by the regression equation Y ̂-= 2.675 + 0.227X. The magnitude of the contribution of this course to the increase in non-engineering courses in the AMP study program is indicated by the coefficient of determination of 0.257. This shows 25.7% of the statistics course make a positive contribution to non-engineering courses in the AMP study program while the rest is influenced by other factors outside the course.
Keywords: Business Statistics Competence- Support Work-Skill Courses of Diploma 4 Non-Engineering
