About the Course

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Working in offshore and land surveying or GNSS? Improve your Least Squares and Statistical Analysis skills with this course.

This intermediate/advanced course is offered in association with Fugro. It provides geomatics professionals with an opportunity to strengthen their Least Squares and Statistical Analysis skills.

Topics covered include:

• Error analysis and concepts of least squares
• Efficient data handling using matrices
• Review of fundamental concepts including:
  • differentiation and linearisation
  • the least squares process from ground up
  • statistical testing

Objectives and Outline

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Course Outline

• Day 1
  • Introduction
  • Why Least Squares? + Survey Error
  • Review of Matrices
  • Matrix Manipulation in Excel
  • Review of Differentiation
  • Linearisation and Error Propagation
  • The Functional model
  • Linearisation Exercise
  • The Stochastic Model
• Day 2
  • The Least Squares Principle
  • Least Squares by Observation Equations
  • Deriving Observation Equations
  • Exercise: Observation Equation Derivation
  • The Approach to Least Squares and Flowchart
  • A Simple Practical Example of Least Squares
  • Box-In Example: Least Squares Estimation
• Day 3
  • Simple Statistical Theory
  • Statistical Testing
  • Box-In Example: Outlier Detection
  • Post Least Squares Analysis
  • Box-In Example: Post Least Squares Analysis
  • Box-In Tutorial

Further Information

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Course Materials

During the course, you will be able to access course materials electronically using the University Wifi. We suggest that you bring a laptop or tablet with PDF viewer if you wish to refer to the notes during the course. Please ensure that you make sure your electronic device is fully charged, as access to charging points may be limited within the lecture rooms.

Update to Course Content

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Fees

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