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Design of Surveys and Experiments - STAT373

This unit deals with the gathering and analysis of data. Students are given the foundations of survey design with some discussion of quota sampling; question construction; common ambiguities and unintended biases; probability sampling; simple random sampling; stratified sampling; ratio and regression estimators; systematic sampling; and cluster sampling. The other component of the unit is a discussion of designed experiments and covers the following topics: the completely randomised design; randomised blocks; random effects models; and analysis of covariance.

Credit Points: 3
When Offered:

S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day

Staff Contact(s): Dr Kehui Luo
Prerequisites:

39cp including (STAT270(P) or STAT271(P) or BIOL235(P) or PSY222(P) or PSY248(P)) Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): STAT303
Unit Designation(s):

Commerce

Science

Social Science

Unit Type:
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Statistics

Faculty of Science

Timetable Information

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