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• Code STAT1003

• Unit Value 6 units

• Offered by Rsch Sch of Finance, Actuarial Studies & App Stats

• ANU College ANU College of Business and Economics
• Course subject Statistics

• Areas of interest Statistics

• Academic career UGRD

• Course convener
• Dr Emi Tanaka
• Mode of delivery In Person
• Offered in

First Semester 2026\

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Statistical Techniques (STAT1003)

• Introduction
• Learning Outcomes
• Indicative Assessment
• Workload
• Inherent Requirements
• Requisite and Incompatibility
• Prescribed Texts
• Minors
• Fees
• Offerings and Dates

This course introduces students to the philosophy and methods of modern statistical data analysis and inference, with a particular focus on applications to the life sciences. The course has a strong emphasis on computing and graphical methods, and uses a variety of real-world problems to motivate the theory and methods required for carrying out statistical data analysis. This course makes extensive use of R statistical analysis package interfaced through R Studio.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Summarise and graph data appropriately;
2. Work with random variables and probability distributions and describe the rationale behind them;
3. Describe and use the normal distribution appropriately;
4. Identify when and how to carry out basic statistical inference including confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, regression and analysis of variance; and,
5. Identify contexts in which particular statistical methods may be inappropriate.

Indicative Assessment

1. Typical assessment may include, but is not restricted to: exams, assignments, quizzes, presentations and other assessment as appropriate (100) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]

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Workload

Students are expected to commit 130 hours of work in completing this course. This includes time spent in scheduled classes and self-directed study time

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

Incompatible with STAT1008.

Prescribed Texts

Information about the prescribed textbook will be available via the Class Summary

Minors

• Finance

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students\ If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. 

Student Contribution Band: : 1

Unit value: : 6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) placeor international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

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Course fees

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Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

2026

2027

First Semester

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