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QM267 Survey Methods for Business and Economics

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus

Student fees

Online level N/A
Residential School(s) None
Exam November
Pre-requisites 24 cp including QM 161
Co-requisites None
Restrictions QM 270, 367, 370
Notes None
Combined Units QM367 - Survey Methods for Business and Economics
Coordinator(s) Renato Villano (rvillan2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit comprises up to 39 lecture hours and 12 tutorial hours. 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.

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 For: Semester 2; On and Off Campus
Recommended Material
Optional
None
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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