8920 (v.5) Cartographic Statistics 181


Area: Department of Spatial Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 12166 (v.2) Mathematics 134
OR
4579 (v.2) Mathematics 181
 
Syllabus: Nature of data in the spatial sciences. Descriptive statistics - measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlation and co-variance. Linear and multiple regression. Error analysis - types of errors and their propagation. Probability distributions. The normal distribution. Hypothesis formulation and testing - student, chi-squared and fischer distributions.
 
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Field of Education: 31100 Geomatic Engineering (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1   Y      
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Partially
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