Department of Statistics
STATS 705 Official Statistics
Below description edited in year: 2018
Points: 15
For Advice: Andrew Sporle (Email: a.sporle@auckland.ac.nz | extn: 85948)
Taught: Second Semester City
Website: STATS 705 website
STATS 705 examines a variety of issues relating to official statistics. It will be taught in cooperation with lecturers from Victoria, Waikato, AUT and Canterbury Universities. This course is being taught via video conference with other New Zealand universities, with staff and students from Waikato, Victoria and Otago also participating. To view the study material and guide, which is also relevant to STATS 705, see Official Statistics 2018 course website
Topics studied include: Official statistics, data access, data quality, demographic and health statistics, other social statistics, economic statistics, analysis and presentation, case studies in the use of official statistics.
For 2018 - STATS 705 is taught by video-conferencing. We will be following the Victoria University semester 2 schedule. That means we have lectures on Wednesdays from 4 pm to 6 pm in 303-310.
The dates are as follows:
18 July to 23 August and 13 September to 10 October.
Lecture dates 1 18-Jul 2 25-Jul 3 1-Aug 4 8-Aug 5 15-Aug 6 22-Aug Break 29-Aug 7 5-Sep 8 12-Sep 9 19-Sep 10 26-Sep 11 3-Oct 12 10-OctCourse website link: https://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/official-statistics/
Disclaimer:
Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure accuracy, this information for the course year (2018), is provided as a general guide only for students and is subject to alteration.
All students enrolling at the University of Auckland must consult its official document, the University of Auckland Calendar, to ensure that they are aware of and comply with all regulations, requirements and policies.