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13034 (v.2) WASM Applied Statistics for Geoscientists 211


Area: WASM Mining Geology Teaching Area
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
 
** 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: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 1942 (v.5) WASM Technical Mathematics 102
 
Syllabus: Introduction to applied mathematics in a geological framework. Theory and case studies on sampling procedures, probability and randomness, frequency distributions, logarithmic class intervals, central tendency, normal distributions, confidence limits, correlation and regression analysis. Computer packages with in-built data processing routines, for example - Minitab, Excel. Case studies to be drawn from examples in geology, geochemistry, geophysics and ore reserve estimation.
 
** 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: 10103 Statistics
Funding Cluster: 04 - Mathematics, Statistics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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