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Foundations of Statistics

Undergraduate | SWI-STA10003 | 2023

Criticise statistics. Carry out independent investigations and order and group data. Describe and display data relationships. Recognise data limits and assumptions using specific statistical methods. Make decisions about means and variables. 

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

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Foundations of Statistics

About this subject

  • Students who successfully complete this subject will be able to:

    • Specify the objectives of an investigation in statistical terms;
    • Identify the level of measurement of a variable, appropriate sampling methods, and research design of a study;
    • Produce appropriate descriptions and visualisations of data distributions;
    • Estimate population parameters (proportions, means) using appropriate statistics and confidence intervals;
    • Select and conduct appropriate hypothesis tests for different population parameters (proportions, single sample means, difference of means for matched and independent samples);
    • Describe the relationships between variables (correlations, crosstabs, relative risk and odds ratios) and test the significance of these relationships;
    • Interpret the outcomes of data analysis to write a concise report on findings.

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

  • SWI-STA102 (Not currently available)

  • SWI-STA15 (Not currently available)

Others

Do not enrol into this subject if you have completed STA15.

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    IBM SPSS Statistics BASE GradPack (for Windows or Mac) is sufficient for this unit. The current version of SPSS is v.25. Note: Earlier versions 23 and 24 of the SPSS GradPack, are also acceptable. This software can be purchased from On The Hub

    Please note that if you have already purchased earlier versions from Co-op you can still use it. 

    Additional required materials will be advised on the Swinburne’s STA10003 Canvas Learning Management System site when it opens the week before the start of the study period.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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