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STAE270: Applied Statistics

This unit is designed to provide students with the expertise necessary to develop the techniques introduced in STAT170. It will consolidate and extend knowledge of the fundamentals of modern statistical practice. The unit concentrates on the analysis and reporting of studies undertaken to answer questions in areas such as medicine, economics, biology, computer software development, market research and the social sciences.

Topics covered will include statistical inference, data handling, one way and two way analysis of variance and simple and multiple regression. Database techniques are introduced using MS Access and knowledge of statistical packages is extended. Students are given instruction and practice in the discpline of writing statistical reports.

Credit Points:3
Contact Hours:3-4
When Offered: X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year (On Campus session: TBD)
X2 - External study; Offered in the second half-year (On Campus session: TBD)
Staff Contact: Statistics staff
Prerequisites:

Admission to GradCertStats

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Unit Designations: --
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By: Department of Statistics

 
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