MSc in Statistics (Social Statistics) (Research)

Programme code: TMSTSSRE

Department: Statistics

This information is for the 2017/18 session.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
Classification scheme for the award of a taught master's degree (four units)
Exam sub-board local rules

Full-year programme. Students must take two compulsory courses, options to the value of 1.5 units and a dissertation as shown below.

Paper

Course number and title

1

ST425

Statistical Inference: Principles, Methods and Computation

2

ST411

Generalised Linear Modelling and Survival Analysis (H)

3

One half-unit from the following:

ST405

Multivariate Methods (H)

ST416

Multilevel Modelling (H)

ST442

Longitudinal Data Analysis (H) (not available 2017/18)

4

Courses to the value of one unit from the following:

Courses listed under Paper 3

ST421

Developments in Statistical Methods (H)

ST443

Machine Learning and Data Mining (H)

ST444

Statistical Computing (H)

EC484

Econometrics (H)

GY460

Techniques of Spatial Economic Analysis (H)

MY456

Survey Methodology (H)

MY457

Causal Inference for Observational and Experimental Studies (H)

SA481

Population Analysis: Methods and Models (H)

Other courses may be taken with permission, except for: ST433, ST436, ST439, ST440, MA415, MA416, MA420 and any courses indexed FM.
The total value of all non-ST courses, including those listed above, should not exceed one unit.

5

ST499

Dissertation

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