Available subjects

A number of subjects are available in the Statistics stream, with progressively more being made available in the more senior years. This is reflective of the need for a sound understanding of mathematics principles first before moving towards statistics.  Please refer to the 2010 mud map diagram here.

ASEARC is still being developed and more subjects will be made available as the program develops.

Undergraduate subjects

Sample Surveys and Experimental Design (UOW STAT335)

STAT335 will be delivered by the University of Wollongong.  The subject will develop skills in designing and analysing statistical investigations. Statistical computing is an essential part of the course. Topics covered:

• Experimental designs (completely randomised, randomised complete block, Latin Square, factorial); 
• the analysis of the data arising from these designs; steps in conducting a sample survey; 
• methods such as simple random sampling and stratified sampling, number raised and ratio estimation.

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Special Topics in Probability and Statistics 3 (Applied Bayesian Methods) (STAT373/STAT3120)

STAT373 will be delivered by the University of Newcastle (STAT3120).  The subject will introduce students to Bayesian thinking and methods from an applied point of view; covering the use of prior information, Bayes rule and inference in standard situations such as proportions, means and relationships between variables. An applied view on Markov chain Monte Carlo methods will also be given. These methods are becoming popular among applied statisticians and analysts from disciplines such as, Economics, Quantitative finance, Health, Environmental science, Engineering and other applied areas, especially because prior information can be incorporated directly into analyses in a sensible way.

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Special Topics in Applied Statistics 3 (Total Quality Management) (STAT374/STAT3100)

STAT374 will be delivered by the University of Newcastle (STAT3100).  The subject will introduce students to Total Quality Management.  TQM is a scientific approach for management and employees to be involved in the continuous improvement of processes underlying the production of goods and services. This approach is fundamental in business, industry, evidence-based medicine and many other disciplines.

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Postgraduate subjects

Statistical Consulting (UOW STAT904)

A student who successfully completes this subject should be able to:

• conduct efficiently a consulting session with a client; 
• find information on statistical methodology using the resources of the Library and the World Wide Web ; 
• explain the important principles behind designing and conducting an experiment or sample survey; 
• determine appropriate statistical procedures to use on a wide variety of data sets; 
• apply and interpret procedures from a statistical package.

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Advanced Data Analysis (UOW STAT902)

After successful completion of this subject, students should be able to;

• understand the concept of goodness of fit, and be able to describe some tests of fit and apply them
• be able to derive smooth tests of fit for certain specified distributions, and similar distributions
• understand how to construct certain nonparametric tests by first presenting the data in a contingency table
• be able to non-parametrically analyse certain types of data.

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