Sta2300 Study Guide
STA2300
Data Analysis
Faculty of Sciences
Study Book
Ashley Plank with contributions from The LTS Team, Christine McDonald, Paul Fahey, Peter Dunn, Shahjahan Khan, Taryn Swan & Rachel King
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c University of Southern Queensland, 2012.1 Published by University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Qld 4350 Australia http://www.usq.edu.au
Copyrighted materials reproduced herein are used under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 as amended, or as a result of application to the copyright owner. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission.
A Produced using LTEX in the USQ style.
Preface
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Preface
Welcome to Data Analysis! This Study Book is designed to be your guide in making best use of the resources available in this course. The primary resource is the textbook De Veaux, Velleman & Bock, Intro Stats, third edition, and much of the Study Book is designed to direct your reading of the textbook. However a lot of other support material and assistance is also available on the Course StudyDesk within UConnect. We also support the second edition of the textbook as well as the current edition. The StudyDesk should be a regular port of call—at least once weekly, probably more often—in order to access the latest versions of materials, receive announcements from the teaching staff, obtain current lecture notes, and much, much more. Check it out now. The Introductory Material in the Course Resources Block on the StudyDesk gives detailed information about the course and how, for example, to get personal assistance both from the Data Analysis teaching team in the Faculty of Sciences and from staff of lts, Learning and Teaching Support. The Introductory Material is a ‘must’ read, so check it out now if you haven’t done so as yet. Most of you will be using the student version of spss,
Data Analysis
Faculty of Sciences
Study Book
Ashley Plank with contributions from The LTS Team, Christine McDonald, Paul Fahey, Peter Dunn, Shahjahan Khan, Taryn Swan & Rachel King
ii
c University of Southern Queensland, 2012.1 Published by University of Southern Queensland Toowoomba Qld 4350 Australia http://www.usq.edu.au
Copyrighted materials reproduced herein are used under the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968 as amended, or as a result of application to the copyright owner. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior permission.
A Produced using LTEX in the USQ style.
Preface
iv
Preface
Welcome to Data Analysis! This Study Book is designed to be your guide in making best use of the resources available in this course. The primary resource is the textbook De Veaux, Velleman & Bock, Intro Stats, third edition, and much of the Study Book is designed to direct your reading of the textbook. However a lot of other support material and assistance is also available on the Course StudyDesk within UConnect. We also support the second edition of the textbook as well as the current edition. The StudyDesk should be a regular port of call—at least once weekly, probably more often—in order to access the latest versions of materials, receive announcements from the teaching staff, obtain current lecture notes, and much, much more. Check it out now. The Introductory Material in the Course Resources Block on the StudyDesk gives detailed information about the course and how, for example, to get personal assistance both from the Data Analysis teaching team in the Faculty of Sciences and from staff of lts, Learning and Teaching Support. The Introductory Material is a ‘must’ read, so check it out now if you haven’t done so as yet. Most of you will be using the student version of spss,