Statistical methods
Coordinator: Dr Aidan Sudbury
6 points * Three 1-hour lectures per week, one 1-hour tutorial * First/Second semester - Clayton * Second semester - Caulfield * Third (summer semester) * Prerequisites: At levels 3 and 4, VCE Mathematical Methods * Prohibitions: CSC1080, MAT1372, MAT1711, MAT1722, MAT1841, GAS1631
Objectives On the completion of this subject students will be able to understand how data is collected and stored; show how to present data graphically; understand the meaning of population statistics such as mean, variance, median etc; distinguish between a population parameter and a sample statistic; determine confidence intervals for population statistics; understand the importance of a statistical test; determine which statistical test is appropriate; enter data into MINITAB; analyse data in MINITAB; know how to take a random sample; determine when data fits a statistical hypothesis.
Synopsis 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): 75% * Assignments/Tests: 25%
Prescribed texts
Moore D S and McCabe G P Introduction to the practice of statistics 2nd edn, Freeman, 1993
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