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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

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
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.
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

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External