Statistical methods
Coordinator: Dr Aidan Sudbury
6 points * Three 1-hour lectures per week, one 1-hour tutorial * First/Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: At levels 3 and 4, VCE Mathematical Methods * Prohibitions: MAT1372, MAT1711, MAT1722
Descriptive statistics, scatter plots, correlation, line of best fit. Elementary probability theory. Confidence intervals and hypothesis tests using normal, t and binomial distributions. Use of Minitab.
Assessment
Examinations (2 hours): 85% * Assignments (2): 10% * Test: 5%
Prescribed texts
Moore D S and McCabe G P Introduction to the practice of statistics 2nd edn, Freeman, 1993