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Introductory Statistics - STAT170
This unit provides a broad introduction to statistical concepts and data analysis techniques, providing basic statistical knowledge. The unit is concerned with the development of an understanding of statistical practice and is illustrated by a study of those techniques most commonly used in the sciences, social sciences and humanities. The aim of statistical practice is to make the scientific research process efficient; for this reason statistics is used in disciplines ranging from accountancy to zoology.
Topics covered in this unit include: data collection methods; data quality; data summarisation; and statistical models like the normal distribution, followed by sampling distributions and statistical inferences about means, proportions and quantiles. Also studied are methods of analysis relating to comparisons, counted data and relationships, including regression and correlation.
Statistical computer packages are used for handling and analysing data along with word processing for reporting the results. However, no prior computing knowledge is assumed.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day S2 Day - Session 2, North Ryde, Day S1 Evening - Session 1, North Ryde, Evening S2 Evening - Session 2, North Ryde, Evening S1 External - Session 1, External (On-campus dates: Voluntary) S3 Day - Session 3, December 2014 - February 2015, North Ryde, Day MQC1 Day - Macquarie City Campus Study Period 1, Undergraduate, Day, March to June MQC1 Evening - Macquarie City Campus Study Period 1, Undergraduate, Evening, March to June MQC2 Day - Macquarie City Campus Study Period 2, Undergraduate, Day, July to October MQC3 Evening - Macquarie City Campus Study Period 3, Undergraduate, Evening, November to February |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Petra Graham, Ms Anne Karpin |
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| NCCW(s): | PSY122, STAT122, STAT171 |
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| Unit Type: | Planet unit |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Statistics Faculty of Science |
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