Module Descriptors
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
MATH50345
Key Facts
School of Creative Arts and Engineering
Level 5
0 credits
Contact
Leader: Emily Raeburn
Email: E.Raeburn@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 25
Independent Study Hours: 10
Total Learning Hours: 35
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
Descriptive statistics - measures of centrality, dispersion & correlation
Use of statistics packages (EXCEL & PASW) to show the main features of data
Properties of random variables - expectation, variance applied to common probability distributions
Inferential statistics - hypothesis tests
Queuing theory - single queues and Jackson network
Use of statistics packages (EXCEL & PASW) to show the main features of data
Properties of random variables - expectation, variance applied to common probability distributions
Inferential statistics - hypothesis tests
Queuing theory - single queues and Jackson network
Module Additional Assessment Details
Portfolio of work (100%) Learning outcomes 1 - 4
Module Learning Strategies
Learning will take place via 16 hours of lectures and 9 hours of practicals/tutorials
Module Resources
Use of Statistics Packages (eg EXCEL and SPSS)
Module Texts
Probability models - Ross(2003) Academic Press ISBN 0125980612
Introduction to the Practice of Statistics - Moore & McCabe(2005) WH Freeman ISBN 071676282
Discovering Statistics using SPSS - Field(2005) ISBN 0761944524
Introduction to the Practice of Statistics - Moore & McCabe(2005) WH Freeman ISBN 071676282
Discovering Statistics using SPSS - Field(2005) ISBN 0761944524
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Must be part of the programme of study agreed with EMA Ales
A knowledge of introductory probability
A knowledge of introductory probability