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 Statistics SM - MATH2839
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: MATH1021 or MATH1231 or MATH1241 or MATH1011 if in Program 3385; Excluded: MATH1041, MATH2841, MATH2801, MATH2901, BIOS2041, BEES2041.
 
 
Session Offered: See Class Timetable
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
  

Description

Graphical data analysis. Review of probability, random variables and their properties. The normal and binomial distributions, the central limit theorem. Applications to statistical quality control. Theory of statistical inference including confidence intervals and hypothesis testing with applications to one and two sample problems based on the t- and F- test. Simple and multiple linear regression including data transformations to normality. Design and analysis of experiments, analysis of variance, introduction to factorial designs. Applications will be drawn primarily from the fields of mechanical and mining engineering and industrial design.

Note: Available only to students for whom it is specifically required as part of their program.

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