How will this course benefit my career?

This program is designed for graduates in the humanities, social sciences and health sciences who have a professional interest in the use of statistics. It is also applicable to other graduates who have a need to use statistics in their work but have not had sufficient or current training in applied statistics. It concentrates on practical skills and enables participants to broaden their theoretical and practical knowledge of the basic areas of statistics.

Course overview

The Graduate Certificate of Science (Applied Statistics) aims to enable students to develop:

• Proficiency in a statistical software package such as SPSS
• An understanding of the need for, and methods of, acquiring good data
• Quantitative skills in areas such as exploratory data analysis, estimation and hypothesis testing, measurement and data mining
• An appreciation for the role of statistical analysis for revealing underlying relationships and behaviours in business and society