ST312 Half Unit
Applied Statistics Project
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Teacher responsible
Dr Wicher Bergsma COL.6.06
Availability
This course is available on the BSc in Actuarial Science, BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics 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).
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.
Student performance results
(2014/15 - 2016/17 combined)
| Classification | % of students |
|---|---|
| First | 44.4 |
| 2:1 | 28.9 |
| 2:2 | 24.4 |
| Third | 2.2 |
| Fail | 0 |
Key facts
Department: Statistics
Total students 2016/17: 17
Average class size 2016/17: 18
Capped 2016/17: Yes (20)
Value: Half Unit
PDAM skills
- Application of numeracy skills
