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STAT100 Statistical Modelling for the Sciences I

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam June/November
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions QM 101, 161
Notes off-campus students should have access to the statistical package R
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Jacqueline Reid (jreid3@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This is a foundation unit in statistics. Students will learn how to collect, organise, graph, and analyse data. Topics include exploratory data analysis, randomness associated with experiment data, statistical modelling, sampling, probability, regression, analysis of variance, and tests of significance. Statistical computing forms an integral part of the unit. Students will be required to use web material for assignments. The R statistical software will be supplied.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Mind on Statistics
ISBN: 978053499866
Utts, J.M. and Heckard, R.F., Duxbury Thomson 3rd ed.
Text For: Semester 1 and Semester 2; On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional

Text(s):

Note: Reference material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Introductory Statistics with R
ISBN: 9780387954752
Dalgaard, P., Springer 3rd ed. 2002
Text For: Semester 1; On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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