Online Courses Handbook 2003

303397 (v.2) Methods of Applied Statistics 401

Area:	Muresk Institute of Agriculture
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s):	11408 (v.3) Agribusiness Statistics 401
Application of statistical methods for solving problems in agribusiness. Review principles and applications of various statistical techniques. Review statistical concepts and methods including presentation of data calculating numerical measures of location and variability, sampling methods, design sample frame, data transformation. Explore the relationship between experimental design and analysis include variance (ANOVA), multivariable analysis of variance, non-parametric techniques, time series analysis, comparison of means (t-test), correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis, factor analysis, discrimanent analysis, and cluster analysis. Students will learn vaious techniques for analysing and presenting qualitative and aquantitative data, as well as other numerical measures of univariate and multivariate statistics.