UNSW Handbook Course - Statistics for Life and Social Sciences

Statistics for Life and Social Sciences - MATH1041


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Mathematics
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.125 (more info)
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Excluded: MATH1049, MATH1059, MATH2829, MATH2839, MATH2841,MATH2859, MATH2899, ECON1203, ECON2292
	Session Offered: See Class Timetable
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)

Description

Probability, random variables, independence. Discrete distributions, Poisson and binomial distributions. Data analysis, Descriptive statistics. Sampling, Continuous distributions, the normal distribution. Estimation of mean and variance. Tests of hypotheses. Linear regression and correlation. Analysis of variance. Tests for goodness of fit. Bayesian statistics.

Assumed knowledge: As for MATH1031

Note: This course is not intended for students who propose to study a substantial amount of Mathematics beyond first year level. Many later year courses in Mathematics have completion of MATH1231, MATH1241 or MATH1251 as a prerequisite.

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