Module Identifier MX36510  
Module Title STATISTICAL METHODS  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Dr J Lane  
Semester Semester 1  
Pre-Requisite MA11310  
Mutually Exclusive MA26510  
Course delivery Lecture   11 x 1 hour lectures  
  Practical   11 x 2 hour practical classes  
Assessment Course work     40%  
  Exam   3 Hours (practical examination)   60%  
  Resit assessment   3 Hours (practical examination)   100%  

General description


There is an increasing demand in the workplace for personnel skilled in the analysis and interpretation of data. This module covers the basic skills of a practising statistician and includes also the preparation of reports.

Aims


This module will give students a thorough grounding in methods used by a practising statistician.

Learning outcomes


On completion of this module, a student should be able to:

Syllabus


1. BASIC IDEAS: Interpretation of data presented in numerical and graphical forms. Standard errors of means, proportions, sums and differences.
2. CONFIDENCE STATEMENTS: Construction and interpretation of confidence limits for means, rates and proportions. Confidence limits for the difference between parameters.
3. HYPOTHESIS TESTING: Hypothesis tests; interpretation of p-values. Paired and unpaired two sample tests.
4. NONPARAMETRIC METHODS: Use of non-parametric and distribution-free significance tests for paired and unpaired data.
5. ANALYSIS OF COUNTS: Analysis of two way contingency tables and interpretation of the results.
6. STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL: Basic ideas.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
F Daly, D J Hand, M C Jones, A D Lunn & K J McConway. (1995) Elements of Statistics. Addison-Wesley 0201422786
** Supplementary Text
W Mendenhall, D D Wackerly & R L Scheaffer. (1996) Mathematical Statistics with Applications. 2nd. PWS-Kent 0534209165