MAS284: Applied Statistics and Process Management

This unit considers the nature and causes of variation underlying the monitoring, management and control of technological and other processes, and provides an introduction to relevant statistical methodology and computer software. Topics: descriptive statistics and displays; control charting; process capability; summarisation and comparison of processes, regression methods and time-series; seasonality and periodicity; sampling plans; applications to quality control, management and improvement; simple experimental designs. Examples will be drawn from areas such as engineering, mining and manufacturing, commerce and industry.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-internal, S2-external
Contact Time	Lectures/laboratories/tutorials: 4 hours per week.
Prerequisites	A basic understanding of simple descriptive statistics and elementary probability. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Exclusions	Students may not enrol in this unit and either of MAS180 Introduction to Statistics or MAS183 Statistical Data Analysis and Databases concurrently.
School	School of Chemical and Mathematical Sciences
Unit Coordinator	Dr Vee Ng Position: Assoc. Lecturer (Mathematics) E-mail: V.Ng@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 3.006 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2820
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Vee Ng Assoc. Lecturer (Mathematics) (V.Ng@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 2820 Murdoch Campus Science and Computing Room 3.006 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)   MURDOCH S2: External (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)