Online Courses Handbook 2003

306429 (v.1) Science Research Statistics 402

Area:	Curtin College of Higher Education
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Individual Study:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
The nature and role of statistics in scientific research - concepts of experimental design, descriptive studies, and analytical studies. Application of appropriate statistical procedures to different research designs. Use and interpretation of output from statistical computing packages such as Statistica. A statistical computing project is part of the formal assessment.