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appropriate packages such as LISREL and PRELIS.
Introduction to multi-level modelling.
SM745 Project Planning
12.5 credit points 4 houw per week Hawthorn Assessment:
oral and written reports Prerequisites: Requirements of the
Graduate Diploma in Social Statistics w'th at least two
distinctions in the second year
A subject in the Master of Applied Science (Social Statistics)
Content
In this subject students examine the role of the review of
literature in published papers or theses. With their own
topic in mind they prepare and present a literature review
which will help to provide a foundation for the argument of
their later thesis.
Recommended reading
Depends on topic.
SM746 Multivariate Statistics 2
12.5 credit points 4 hoursper week Hawthorn Prerequisite:
SM743 Assessment: assignments
A subject in the Master of Applied Science (Social Statistics)
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This subject aims to make an in-depth study of a range of
multivariate techniques used in social research which are
involved with scales.
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 mdit points 4 hours per zeteek Hawthorn Prerequisite:
534745 Assessment: assignments
A subject in the Master of Applied Science (Social Statistics)
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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.
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. - Students will develop a research plan for their thesis.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
SM749 Minor Thesis
25.0 credit points 8 hours per week Hawthorn. Assessment:
thesis Prerequisite: SM748
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 Assessmenr
computer based tests and assignments Prerequisite: nil
A first year subject in the Graduate Certificate and Graduate
Diploma of Applied Science (Social Statistics) and (Health
Statistics)
Objectives
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
mainstream 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 Prerequisite: nil
A first year subject in the Graduate Certificate and Graduate
Diploma of Applied Science (Social Statistics) and (Health
Statistics)
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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.
Recommended reading
To be advised.