1997 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

for screening, prevalent and incident cases, quality of
screening test.
Recommended reading
To be advised.
Computer packages
To be advised.
SM758 Analysis of Risks and Rates
12.5 credit points 4 houn per week Hawthorn Prerequisites:
SM754 and 94756 Assessment: assignments and a test
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Applied
Science (Health Statistics)
Objectives
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)
Hawthorn Assessment: tests/oraminations and assignments
Prwequisites: nil
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Computing and Instrumentation)
Content
Vectors in two- and three-dimensional space.
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Introduction to numerical methods; errors; solution of
equations.
Coorindate geometry in Cartesian coordinates.
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Standard functions and their graphs; finite and infinite
r limits.
Differentiation and its applications; optimisation;
approximations; Taylor polynorninals.
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 sem. 4 hours per week (2 sems)
Hawthorn Assessment: tests, examination and assignments
Prerequisites: nil
A first year subject int he Bachelor of(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 graphs; 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
SM12 1 0 Mathematics
10 credit points per semester 4 hours per week (sems 1 G 2).
Hawthorn Prerequisites: nil Assessment: tests,
examinations and assignments
A first year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Computer Science and Software Engineering)
Ob jedives
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
develop their mathematical knowledge and skills.
To reinforce and develop mathematical communication
skills and problem solving skills.
To provide students with additional mathematical and
statistical understanding and background material which
may be required.
To demonstrate where mathematics and statistics can be
applied to practical situations.
Content
Vectors in two- and three-dimensional space.
Introduction to numerical methods; errors; solution of
equations.