64903 STATISTICS FOR RESEARCHERS

FACULTY OF SCIENCES 2000

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Credit Points 1.00

Pre-requisite: 64001 or equivalent

Synopsis

This  unit  is designed for, but not restricted to, students enrolling
in honours or graduate studies involving project or research work of a
quantitative  nature. A data-driven approach is adopted and  extensive
use  made of computer software. Previous statistical knowledge to  the
level  of  64001 Data Analysis is assumed. The unit covers exploratory
data   analysis,   data   screening,  parametric   and   nonparametric
procedures,  count  data,  measures of  association  and  correlation,
multiple   regression,   analysis   of   variance   and   introductory
multivariate methods.