Undergraduate Course: Statistics (Yr 3) (MATH09022)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Mathematics | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | Summary statistics, sampling distributions, hypothesis testing, interval estimation, likelihood, analysis of categorical data, joint, marginal and conditional distributions, ANOVA and regression. The computer program R will be introduced through a two-hour practical near the beginning of the course. Its use will be supported with examples in lectures and tutorials with supplementary material on the course website. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 Students MUST have passed:    
Probability (MATH08066)   
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  Students MUST NOT also be taking    
Statistics (Year 2) (MATH08051)   
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14  Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Learn enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
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Web Timetable  | 
	
Web Timetable | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
13/01/2014 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
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Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
100 )
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| Additional Notes | 
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) | 
 
  Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | MATH09022 Statistics (Year 3) | 2:00 |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) | MATH09022 Statistics (Year 3) | 2:00 |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
- Knowledge of common statistical procedures, and their implementation in a statistical package. 
- Understanding of randomness and, in particular, sampling distributions. 
- Ability to conduct simple inferential procedures and to exercise diagnostic and interpretative skills. 
- Ability to interpret likelihood analyses. 
- Facility with bivariate, marginal and conditional distributions. 
- Ability to fit, criticise and predict from simple linear regression and one-way classification models. 
- Ability to interpret test statistics and significance probabilities. 
- Facility with the R statistical package for methods of inference developed in the course. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| Coursework 15%; examination 85% |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Keywords | StaY3 | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Colin Aitken 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4877 
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Course secretary | Mrs Kathryn Mcphail 
Tel: (0131 6)50 4885 
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