7149 (v.7) Principles of Statistics 101

Area:

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

6.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

2 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

10925 (v.3) Principles of Statistics 103 or any previous version
307590 (v.1) Data Evaluation and Experimental Design 101 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Designed for students with TEE Applicable Mathematics. Probability. Discrete and continuous random variables. Probability functions. Cumulative distribution functions. Expected values. Special distributions. Joint probability density functions. Exploratory data analysis, numerical and graphical summaries of univariate data and transformations. Graphical evaluation of bi-variate data, normal distribution, normal calculations and checks for normality. Experiments, random sampling and design of experiments.Central Limit Theorem. Introduction to inference for a single mean. Checking assumptions, confidence intervals and hypothesis tests using Z and T and SPSS. Inference for one and two proportions. Chi-squared distribution - tests for independence, homogeneity, goodness-of-fit and inference for one and two variances. Logistic regression - fitting and interpreting the model.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010103 Statistics

Funding Cluster:

04 - Mathematics, Statistics

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2006	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External