1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
A selection of topics will be made frm reliability and validity
analysis, principle component analysis, conjoint analysis,
correspondence analysis and scaling techniques such as
multi-dimensional scaling.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
SM748 Research Methodology
12.5 cwdit points 4 hours pw week Hawthorn Prerepisitiz
SM745
A subject in the Master of Applied Science (Social Statistics)
Objectives
This subject aims to continue the work in project planning
in SM745 by selecting the appropriate research methodology
necessary to proceed and, if necessary, develop additional
skills needed to complete the research.
Content
Students will develop a research plan for their thesis.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
SM749 Minor Thesis
25.0 ditpoints eight hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisite: M748
A subject in the Master of Applied Science (Social Statistics)
Content
This subject follows on from Research Methodology SM748
and aims to carry out an original piece of social research and
report the findings.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
SM750 Basic Statistical Computing
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment
computer based tests and assignments
A first year subject in the Graduate Certificate and Graduate
Diploma of Applied Science (Social Statistics) and (Health
Statistics)
0 b jectives
This subject aims to develop competence in the use of
personal computers and associated statistical packages and to
acquire a level of statistical computing literacy necessary for
data analysis in the social and health sciences.
Content
The subject includes an introduction to microcomputers, with
special emphasis on windows based applications, a
maimstream statistical package such as SPSS and a mainstream
spreadsheet such as Excel.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
Statistical packages
Excel Version 5
SPSS for Windows
SM751 An Introduction to Data Analysis
12.5 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment:
practical and theoretical tests
A first year subject in the Graduate Certificate and Graduate
Diploma of Applied Science (Social Statistics) and (Health
Statistics)
Objectives
Provide a computer based introduction to the concepts and
practice of data analysis, statistical estimation and hypothesis
testing.
Content
Exploring data, describing and summarising data, variability,
levels of measurement, time series, drawing inferences from
sample data, confidence intervals and testing hypotheses on
means and proportions for two groups. Chi square and t-
tests. Determination of sample size. Use of demographic and
health data. Use of statistical packages such as Minitab and
SPSS as appropriate.
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Recommended reading
To be advised.
SM752 Advanced Statistical Computing
12.5 credit points 4 hoursper week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: SM7S0, M751 Assessment: practical assignments
and tests
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Social Statistics)
0 b jectives
Expand the work done in Basic Statistical Computing
by including further aspects of the packages already met
and by introducing the students to other statistical
computing packages.
Recommended Reading
To be advised.