STAT11048 Essential Statistics

This course introduces students to the concepts and applications of probability and statistical modelling involving questions of estimation, inference, regression and correlation. Topics include descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, binomial, Poisson and normal distributions, confidence intervals, one and two sample hypothesis tests, one way analysis of variance, Chi-square tests, linear regression and correlation. The use of a calculator and a statistical / spreadsheet computer package for data analysis is covered.