208-277 Statistical Methods

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208-277 Statistical Methods
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	Mr John Pilkington
Prerequisites	208-126 Mathematics and Scientific Communication
Semester	1 (view timetable)
Contact	Twenty-four hours of lectures and 36 hours of tutorials and practicals
Subject Description	This subject provides students with an introduction to a number of statistical techniques which are frequently used in agriculture, science and business situations. Course content will be set within the context of practical problems. Technology will be used to support statistical calculations. Topics include an introduction to sampling techniques and experimental design; descriptive treatment of sample data; introduction to elementary probability and distributions; estimation and hypothesis testing of means and proportions; the chi-square distribution; simple and multiple regression and correlation; one-factor and two-factor analysis of variance; and use of statistical computer packages.
Assessment	A three-hour final examination (60%), a mid-semester test in Week 6 (10%), and three assignments, each equivalent to 1000 words, due in Weeks 4, 8 and 12 (30%).
Prescribed Texts	D G Rees, Essential Statistics. 4th edn, Chapman and Hall, 2001.

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