Module Identifier | MA11310 | ||
Module Title | STATISTICS | ||
Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
Co-ordinator | Mr D A Jones | ||
Semester | Semester 2 | ||
Other staff | Dr J A Lane | ||
Pre-Requisite | MA10310 | ||
Mutually Exclusive | May not be taken at the same time as MA13510 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 20 x 1 hour lectures | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 6 x 1 hour tutorials | ||
Workshop | 2 x 1 hour workshops (including test) | ||
Assessment | Exam | 2 Hours (written examination) | 75% |
Continuous assessment | 25% | ||
Resit assessment | 2 Hours (written examination) | 100% |
General description
This module aims to develop common probability models, applicable to a variety of situations and to illustrate their use in statistical inference. It also includes an introduction to the theory of estimation.
Aims
To introduce the subject of Statistics to mathematics students.
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, a student should be able to:
Syllabus
1. THE INFERENCE PROBLEM: The difference between probability and statistical inference. The idea of likelihood. Assessing 'typical' values from a distribution. The idea of a statistics. Estimates and estimators. Accuracy and precision. Bias, sampling, variance and mean squared error. Comparison of estimators.
2. PROBABILISTIC (STOCHASTIC) MODELLING (INCLUDING EXAMPLES OF INFERENCE): Bernoulli trials and distributions based on them (Geometric, Binomial). Opinion polls. The ideas of covariance and correlation. Variances of linear combinations of random variables. Modelling random events. The Poisson and exponential distributions. Normality and the Central Limit Theorem. The Weak Law of Large Numbers.
3. INFERENCE: Sampling mean, sampling variance and standard deviation of a sample total and a sample average. Statistical testing. Tail areas. p-values.
Reading Lists
Books
** Should Be Purchased
J Murdoch & J A Barnes.
Statistical Tables. Macmillan
** Recommended Text
W Mendenhall, D D Wackerly & R L Scheaffer.
Mathematical Statistics with Applications. 4th. PWS-Kent.