School Of Computing, Engineering And MathematicsBiometry (UWSC)Western Sydney University Unit Code: 700033.2
Discipline: STATISTICS
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
200263 - Biometry, 200192 - Statistics for Science, 300700 - Statistical Decision Making, 700041 - Statistical Decision Making (UWSC)
Incompatible Units
200032 - Statistics for Business, 700007 - Statistics for Business (UWSC), 200182 - Quantitative Techniques, 200052 - Introduction to Economic Methods
About this Unit
This unit introduces students to various statistical techniques necessary in scientific endeavours. Presentation of the content will emphasize the correct principles and procedures for collecting and analysing scientific data, using a ‘hands-on’ approach. Topics include effective methods of gathering data, statistical principles of designing experiments, error analysis, describing different sets of data, probability distributions, statistical inference, non-parametric methods, and simple linear regression and correlation.