ST312 Half Unit
Applied Statistics Project
This information is for the 2019/20 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Anastasia Kakou
Availability
This course is available on the BSc in Actuarial Science, BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Mathematics, Statistics, and Business and BSc in Statistics with Finance. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.
Pre-requisites
Students must have completed Elementary Statistical Theory (ST102). This course is suitable for third-year students.
Course content
Students will produce a project involving a critical investigation and collation of statistical data on a topic of their own interest.
Teaching
9 hours of seminars and 3 hours of workshops in the MT. 7 hours of workshops in the ST.
Students on this course will have a research week in week 6 where they can look up data sources for their assessed project.
Formative coursework
Oral presentation at the end of MT.
Indicative reading
ukdataservice.ac.uk, www.google.com/publicdata, data.worldbank.org
Assessment
Project (90%) and presentation (10%) in the ST.
Key facts
Department: Statistics
Total students 2018/19: 17
Average class size 2018/19: 18
Capped 2018/19: No
Value: Half Unit
Personal development skills
- Communication
- Application of numeracy skills
