MAT1722

Applied statistics IB (Arts)

Not offered at Caulfield and Clayton in 1998

R Farmer

6 points
* 4 hours per week
* Second semester
* Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula
* Prerequisite: MAT1711
* Corequisite: MAT1711

Objectives To develop the students' skills in the application and interpretation of a range of inferential statistics procedures.

Synopsis A subject in inferential statistics. Topics covered include single and two-sample inference on means, variances and proportions; contingency table analysis; goodness-of-fit; correlation and regression; rank methods; applications are emphasised and are chosen from areas of interest to arts students. Minitab is used where appropriate.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 70%
* One assignment: 10%
* Two tests (45 minutes): 20%

Prescribed texts

Mann P S Introductory statistics 2nd edn, Wiley, 1995