1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Objectives
a To develop critical skills in the evaluation of health and
medical literature on risks and rates with an emphasis on
statistical and methodological analysis.
Content
Topics will be chosen from:
Analysis of risks: the binomial distribution, risk
estimates, confidence intervals for proportions, risk
differences, z-test and chi-square test, confidence interval
for a difference, risk ratios, odds ratios, confidence
interval for an odds ratio. Logistic regression.
Determination of sample size.
Analysis of rates: the Poisson distribution, rate estimates,
confidence interval for a rate, rate ratios and confidence
intervals for a rate ratio. Poisson regression.
Determination of sample size.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
Computer packages
To be advised.
SM1200 Mathematics 1
10 credit points per semester 4 hours per week (2 sems)
Hawthon Assessmat: tests/examinations and assignments
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Computing and Instrumentation)
Content
Vectors in two- and three-dimensional space.
Introduction to numerical methods; errors; solution of
equations.
Coorindate geometry in Cartesian coordinates.
Standard functions and their graphs; finite and infinite
limits.
Differentiation and its applications; optimisation;
approximations; Taylor polynominals.
Integration and its applications; numerical integration.
Polar coordinates, complex numbers. Ordinary differential
equations.
Vector functions and functions of many variables.
Data analysis and probability.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
Prescribed Calculator:
Texas Instruments Advanced Scientific TI-82 Graphics Calculator
SM1208 Mathematics
10 credit points per sa. 4 hours per week (2 sems)
Hawthon Assessment: tests, examination and assignments
A first year subject int he Bachelor of(Applied Chemistry
adn Biochemistry)
Content
Vectors in two- and three-dimensional space.
Introduction to numerical methods; errors; solution of
equations.
Coordinate geometry in Cartesian coordinates.
Standard functions and their gaphs; finite and infinite
limits.
Differentiation and its applications; optimisation;
approximations; Taylor polynominals.
Integration and its applications; numerical integration.
Linear algebra, first order differential equations and
functions of several variables.
Descriptive statistics, the MINITAB computer package,
probability, distributions bionominal, Poisson and normal.
Hypotehsis tests and confidence intervals, regression and
correlation applications to chemistry.
Recommended reading
Moore, D.S. and McCabe, G.P., Introduction to the Practice of
Statistics, 2nd edn, New York, W.H. Freeman, 1993
SM1215 Mathematical Methods
10 credit points per sem. 4 hours pw week Hawthorn
Assessment: tests/examination and assignments
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Medical Biophysics and Instrumentation)
Content
Vectors in two- and three-dimensional space.
Introduction to numerical methods; errors; solution of
equations.
Coorindate geometry in Cartesian coordinates.
Standard functions and their graphs; finite and infinite
limits.
Differentiation and its applications; optimisation;
approximations; Taylor polynominals.
Integration and its applications; numerical integration.
Polar coordinates, complex numbers. Ordinary differential
equations.
Vector functions and functions of many variables.
Data analysis and probability.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
SMI 210 Mathematics
10 credit points per sem. 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: nil Assessment: tests, examinations and
assignments
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Computer Science and Software Engineering)
Objectives
To provide students with mathematical and statistical
knowledge and skills essential for concurrent first year studies.
To enable students with ability and interest further to