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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Statistics 1
Module Code	MS255
School	School of Mathematics
Online Module Resources
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: John Appleby Semester 2: John Appleby Autumn: John Appleby
Module Teacher	John Appleby
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

To introduce the main ideas of Statistics and to prepare the ground for a treatment of Inferential Statistics.

Learning Outcomes

1. Explain and apply by solving problems relevant concepts in the theory of probability.
2. Perform exploratory data analysis to summarise the main features of a data set.
3. Construct confidence intervals.
4. Explain the concepts of random sampling, statistical inference and sampling distribution, and to apply these methods to basic sampling distributions.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	Lecture
Tutorial	10	Tutorial
Independent learning time	91	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Probability Distributions.
Revise CT3 (v) 1,3 and develop CT3 (v) 2.

Generating Functions.
Revision of CT3 (iv) 2 and develop CT3 (iv) 1,3,4,5.

Joint distributions.
As outlined in CT3 (vi).

Central Limit Theorem.
As outlined in CT3 (vii).

Summarising Data.
As outlined in CT3 (i).

Sampling and statistical inference.
As outlined in CT3 (viii).

Confidence Intervals.
As outlined in CT3 (x).

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	20%	Examination Weight	80%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
In Class Test	Class Test	20%	Week 9

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 3

Indicative Reading List