EPMATH235
10 units
level
Course handbook
Description
This course provides a foundation for concepts in statistics and probability and is a good preparation for students wishing to proceed with further study in statistics or to study in field where statistics is an important component.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
- Semester 2 - 2024
Ourimbah
- Semester 1 - 2024
- Semester 2 - 2024
Online
- Semester 1 - 2024
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Apply probability theory to solve specific problems.
2. Present data and conduct analysis of statistics at a basic level.
Content
- Descriptive statistics
- Types of data
- Representing data in tables and graphs
- Measures of central tendency
- Measures of dispersion
- Percentiles
- Stat mode on the calculator
- Probability
- Types of probability events
- Complementary events
- Conditional probability
- Contingency tables
- Tree diagrams
- Probability distributions
- Binomial formula
- Bi-variate data
- Statistical independence
- Linear correlation and regressions
- Introduction to statistical inference
- The normal distribution
- Z-scores
- Confidence intervals
- Normal approximation of other distributions
Requisite
If you are currently enrolled in or have successfully completed EPMATH234, EPMATH302 or EPMATH303 you cannot enrol in this course.
Assessment items
Quiz: Quizzes
In Term Test: Class Test
Online Open Book Formal Examination: Final Examination
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 8
Tutorial-2
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 5 week(s) starting in week 2
Semester 1 - 2024 - Ourimbah
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 5 week(s) starting in week 2
Tutorial-2
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 8
Semester 1 - 2024 - Online
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Self-Directed learning is equivalent to face-to-face contact hours. It involves engagement with course materials that are delivered at a time that suits you via short videos, course notes, podcasts, readings and other activities.
Tutorial-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 5 week(s) starting in week 2
Tutorial-2
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 8
Semester 2 - 2024 - Ourimbah
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 5 week(s) starting in week 2
Tutorial-2
- Face to Face On Campus 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 6 week(s) starting in week 8
Semester 2 - 2024 - Online
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Self-Directed 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
- Self-Directed learning is equivalent to face-to-face contact hours. It involves engagement with course materials that are delivered at a time that suits you via short videos, course notes, podcasts, readings and other activities.
Tutorial-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- EPMATH235 - Semester 2, 2023 (Callaghan) (PDF, 229.1 KB)
- EPMATH235 - Semester 2, 2023 (Centralcoast) (PDF, 229.9 KB)
- EPMATH235 - Semester 2, 2023 (Online) (PDF, 231.4 KB)
- EPMATH235 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 279.7 KB)
- EPMATH235 - Semester 1, 2024 (Centralcoast) (PDF, 279.2 KB)
- EPMATH235 - Semester 1, 2024 (Online) (PDF, 279.6 KB)
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