This course is the normal avenue to mainstream second-year Statistical Science courses. It gets quickly to the interesting topic of statistical inference, with motivation coming from real world problems.
Time is taken to promote a deeper understanding.
To provide a working knowledge of probability models that is adequate for a study of statistical inference. This subject consists of STA11LS, plus one extra class per week during which students prepare two reports on studies they design, conduct and analyse. To introduce the data analysis methodology for establishing relationships between one, or more, factors and the response variable of interest. To provide experience in the application of statistics to actual studies.