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Courses Handbook 2014

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2014.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2013.

302332 (v.3) Applied Statistics 401

Area: Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Credits: 25.0
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: 3 x 1 Hours Weekly
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.
Syllabus: Review of exploratory data analysis: t-tests and non-parametric equivalents and power analysis. Experimental design and analysis of variance: review of one-way analysis of variance model; model diagnostics; multiple comparison techniques; principles of experimental designs; ANOVA for some standard experimental designs like randomised block design; Latin square design; split plot and nested design; factorial method of experimentation and analysis; experimentation with repeated measures; and analysis of covariance. Examples of applications using SPSS. Multiple linear regression: review of simple linear regression. The multiple linear regression model, parameter estimation and inferences about the regression parameters, F-testing overall model fit, variable selection and the stepwise algorithm for variable selection, model diagnostics and prediction. Examples of applications using SPSS. Multivariate methods: introduction, principal component analysis, clustering, discriminant analysis and MANOVA. Examples of applications using SPSS. Introduction to contingency tables and models for discrete.
Field of Education: 010103 Statistics
Result Type: Grade/Mark


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