| Introduction to the use of statistical computer packages as a tool for analysing data. Brief review of basic statistics. Topics chosen from analysis of variance and covariance, regression, multivariate methods, analysis of categorical data, non-parametric methods. Concentration on the use of one of MINITAB, SAS, SPSS, BMDP, with reference to the other packages. Each student must complete a statistical analysis and report on a data-set taken from the student's discipline. |
