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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

308689 (v.1) Statistical Computing 103

Area: Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Credits: 12.5
Contact Hours: 3.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 310532 (v.1) Statistical Data Analysis 102 or any previous version
Syllabus: Use of Microsoft Excel in performing the following statistical procedures: exploratory data analysis, simulation of sampling distributions, test of hypotheses and confidence interval for mean, variance, inference for proportions, tests for independence and homogeneity, simple and multiple regression analysis. Integral transformation theorem and its use in simulation of random samples for different distributions. Goodness-of-fit tests for assessing appropriate models such as binomial, Poisson, exponentialnormal, lognormal and important life-time distributions. Introduction to Visual Basic programming and its applications in statistical analysis.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010103 Statistics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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