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Statistics (MAST20005) // Further information
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
R. Hogg, E. Tanis, and D. Zimmerman, Probability and Statistical Inference. 9th Edition, Pearson, 2015.
- Subject notes
This subject is available for science credit to students enrolled in the BSc (both pre-2008 and new degrees), BASc or a combined BSc course.
Students undertaking this subject are required to regularly use computers with the statistics package R installed.
Students undertaking this subject are not assumed to have any special computer skills at the beginning. They will learn the basic skills of using R in the subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Statistics / Stochastic Processes Informal specialisation Science-credited subjects - new generation B-SCI and B-ENG. Informal specialisation Environments Discipline subjects Informal specialisation Selective subjects for B-BMED Major Statistics / Stochastic Processes Major Environmental Science Breadth Track Mathematics for Economics - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 11 April 2024