Introduction to Data Analysis - ZPEM7301
Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
School: School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Course Outline: ZPEM7301 Course Outline
Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Restricted to students enrolled in Graduate Certificate programs.
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Learning Outcomes
- summarise and present data clearly in numerical and graphical forms
- relate population distributions (such as the Normal and Binomial distributions), and sampling distributions to real-life problems
- design a simple experiment (allowing for and controlling variability)
- calculate confidence intervals and perform hypothesis tests for population means and proportions for one or two populations via z and t-tests
- carry out one- and two-way analyses of variance
- determine the relationships between two or more variables, via correlation and regression analysis
- draw conclusions from statistical analyses and present these conclusions in clear non-technical language
Delivery Mode
Topics
- Describing Data
- Population Distributions
- Random variables, expectations, assessing normality
- Sampling, experimental design
- Sampling Distributions
- Confidence intervals
- Hypothesis tests
- Comparing two populations
- Comparing several populations: one-way ANOVA
- Comparing several populations: two-way ANOVA
- Correlation and regression
- Inference for regression
- Project work
Assessment
Assignment #1 20%
Assignment #2 30%
Course Texts/Software
Moore DS, Notz WI and Fligner MA, 2013, The Basic Practice of Statistics, 6th edition, Freeman, ISBN 978-1-4641-0254-7
Software:
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
The course is based on the Minitab Statistical Software which is used for data exploration and presentation and the analysis of data from simple experimental and observational studies. You can purchase the full version of Minitab (version 16) and download it on-line through e-academy. (You’ll need to provide proof of your academic status, eg. your student email address). Cost: rental for 2013 calendar year is approx. $30; perpetual purchase is approx. $100. To purchase simply go to
http://www.e-academy.com/minitab
Note: Minitab runs on Microsoft Windows.
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