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Credit points: 5.00
Prerequisite: A knowledge of some basic statistics will be assumed.
Contact: 24 hours of lectures and practice classes (approximately one-third tutorials)
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
Students completing this subject should: have gained an understanding of the statistical base underlying many of the design parameters listed in standard codes of practice; be able to identify the correct statistical approach to be used in the analysis of data and use this technique with confidence; appreciate the assumptions and limitations involved with both the data gathered for analysis and the analysis itself.
Content:
Statistics in civil engineering, with practical applications. Significance testing, multiple regression, extreme value distributions, probabilistic models, empirical selection of models.
Assessment:
A two-hour examination.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Engineering (Volume 4 page 98)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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