The exam may be sustained through two modalities:
I) The exam consists of one written examination.
Starting from the summer session (May -July) a student may sustain the complete exam (Modulo I + Modulo II).
The examination will take 1 hour and half and will be carried out in the computer lab. It aims to verify the knowledge and comprehension of both the theoretical concepts introduced in the course and the practical ability to carry out statistical analysis using the electronic spreadsheet. In particular, the theoretical comprehension of the topics introduced in the course will be verified through 3 open-questions (with short answer) and 6 multiple-choice questions (only one right answer) without penalty applied for wrong answers (total score is 16); the practical part of examination consists in 3 exercises to solve by the means of the spreadsheet (total score is 16). Thus the minimal score for passing the exam (18 out of 30) cannot be obtained solving only the practical exercises or only answering to theoretical questions. If the final score is above 30, the student will receive honours.
II) The exam consists of two written examinations.
Starting from the winter session (December – February) a student may sustain the first partial exam concerns topics from the first part of the course (MODULO I). The examination will take 1 hour, consists of both theoretical and a practical part and will be carried out in the computer lab. In particular, it consists in 2 open-questions (with short answer) and 6 multiple-choice questions (only one right answer) without penalty applied for wrong answers (total score is 16); the practical part of examination consists in 2 exercises to solve by the means of the spreadsheet (total score is 16). The first partial test can be taken only in the winter session a.a. 2019/20 (maximum 2 attempts for the partial test).
Starting from the summer session (May – July) a student may sustain the second partial exam concerns topics from the second part of the course (MODULO II). The examination will take 45 minutes, consists of both theoretical and pratical part and will be carried out in the computer lab. In particular, it consists in 1 open-question (with short answer) and 4 multiple-choice questions (only one right answer) without penalty applied for wrong answers (total score is 16); the practical part of examination consists in 1 exercise with simple use of spreadsheet (total score is 16). The second partial test can be taken only in the summer session a.a. 2019/20 (maximum 2 attempts for the partial tests).
To pass the exam, the student is required to get a sufficient score in both examinations separately.
The final score of the exam is the average of the scores in the first and second examinations weighted by the corresponding ECFUs (European University Credits). If the average between the two examinations is more than 30, the student will receive honours.
If the student passes the first examination referred to the first part of the course (MODULO I), but then fails in the second one (MODULO II), then the student will have to repeat all the exam following the first procedure (note that the student has two attempts to pass the second test).
The only exception to this general rule is for Erasmus students who cannot attend to the second partial exam during the summer session as they are abroad. In this case it will be allowed to take the second test in the autumn session (maximum 1 partial test).

Distance exam modality - COVID-19 period: oral exam.