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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

3975 (v.5) Applied Statistics 302

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Area: Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 8128 (v.6) Linear Algebra 202 or any previous version
AND
8393 (v.9) Experimental Design and Analysis 202 or any previous version
AND
302315 (v.2) Mathematical Statistics 202 or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduction to multivariate statistical analysis. Review of matrix algebra. Random vectors, mean vectors, covariance and correlation matrices. Multivariate normal distribution and its properties. Random samples from the multivariate normal and sampling distributions thereof. Inference for multivariate normal parameters, maximum likelihood estimation, generalised linear models (GLM) and inferences for GLMs, one sample and two sample test of hypotheses on the mean vector: comparison of several mean vectors - multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), discriminant analysis. Analysis of multivariate data using statistical software like R and SAS (Statistical Analysis System).
Field of Education: 010103 Statistics
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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