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QM267 Survey Methods for Business and Economics

Updated: 17 April 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
Online level Level D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 24 cp including QM161
Co-requisites None
Restrictions QM270 or QM367 or QM370
Notes None
Combined Units QM367 - Survey Methods for Business and Economics
Coordinator(s) To be advised
Unit Description

The unit deals with the design and execution of surveys and focuses on the analysis of survey data used in business and economics. Topics include: basic sampling concepts; various sample designs including simple random sampling, stratified, cluster and other sampling designs, questionnaire design; determination of sample size; and analysis of sampling data including categorical data. Computer programs will be used in the analysis of data. Students are expected to complete a project applying various sampling techniques to a practical problem. This unit comprises up to 39 lecture hours and 12 tutorial hours.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Elementary Survey Sampling
ISBN: 9780534418052
Scheaffer, R.L., Mendenhall, W. and Ott, R.L., Duxbury Press 6th ed. 2006
Text refers to: Semester 2 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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