Postgraduate - UnitEPM5014 - Probability and distribution theory

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

print version

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered, or view unit timetables.

Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Offered	Alfred Hospital First semester 2014 (Off-campus) Alfred Hospital Second semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	A/Prof R Wolfe

Synopsis

This unit involves the study of basic probability and calculus-based methods of underpinning probability distributions and parameter estimation.

Outcomes

At the completion of this unit the student will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the meaning and laws of probability;
Recognise common probability distributions and their properties;
Apply calculus-based tools to derive key features of a probability distribution, such as mean and variance;
Manipulate multivariate probability distributions to obtain marginal and conditional distributions;
Obtain mean, variance and the probability distribution of transformations of random variables;
Understand properties of parameter estimators and the usefulness of large sample approximations in statistics;
Appreciate the role of simulation in demonstrating and explaining statistical concepts.