QM161 Business Statistics 1
Updated: 27 June 2007| Credit Points | 6 | |||||||||
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| Online level |
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| Supervised Exam | June | |||||||||
| Pre-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | |||||||||
| Restrictions | EMET 100, 101; ESS 103, 203; QM 101 | |||||||||
| Notes | offered in Summer Semester 2006-2007; Albert Hapuarachilage on-campus coordinator; Pauline Fleming off-campus coordinator; on-campus online B; off-campus online C | |||||||||
| Combined Units | None | |||||||||
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| Unit Description |
This unit comprises up to 39 lecture hours and 13 tutorial hours in internal mode. In external mode, a four-day residential school is compulsory. Exemption from residential school available if Question 3 of Assignment 1 is completed to a satisfactory level. The unit deals with basic statistical concepts and methods with particular reference to problems in economics and business. Topics include summarisation of data, probability, random variables, sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, correlation, and simple regression. Computer analysis using Excel is a basic part of the unit. |
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| Prescribed Material Mandatory |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. | |||||||||
| Recommended Material Optional |
Textbook information is only available from 2008 units onwards. | |||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |