20 Points

Statistical data analysis is an essential paper for anyone planning to do research or experiments in their future studies or careers. The methodology given and applied in the paper is used in many areas of scientific research, for example in medicine, business analysis, sociological and policy research, engineering, and science. This is a practical paper with an emphasis on real data and real problems. Extensive use is made of computing through freely available statistical software.

The topics covered include data collection and organisation, graphical methods, analysis of variance, regression and multivariate statistics. Students will need to take this paper in order to study further papers in statistics at 300 level.

A Semester

Co-ordinator(s)

• Dr. Chaitanya Joshi
  Room: G.3.30
  Phone: 07-838 4019 (DDI)
  cjoshi@waikato.ac.nz
  
  

Lecturer(s)

• Dr. Steven Miller
  Room: G.3.28
  Phone: 07-856 2889
  smiller@stats.waikato.ac.nz
  
  

Lecturer
Dr Chaitanya Joshi (1st 6 weeks until 27 April)
Dr Steven Miller (last 6 weeks until 8 June 2012)

Timetable

Pre Requisite Papers
STAT111 Statistics for Science or
STAT121 Introduction to Statisical Methods or
STAT160 Management Statistics

Internal assessment/final examination ratio 1:1

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