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Further information
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Recommended texts and other resources
- Faraway, Extending the Linear Model, R. Chapman & Hall, 2006.
- McCullagh & Nelder, Generalised Linear Models, 2nd edition. Chapman & Hall, 1989.
- Jones, Maillardet & Robinson, Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R, 2nd Edition, Taylor and Francis, 2014.
- Gelman, Carlin, Stern, Dunson, Vehtari & Rubin, Bayesian Data Analysis, 3rd Edition, CRC Press, 2014.
- Lunn, Jackson, Best, Thomas & Spiegelhalter, The BUGS Book: A Practical Introduction to Bayesian Analysis, CRC Press, 2013.
- 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.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Science-credited subjects - new generation B-SCI Informal specialisation Statistics / Stochastic Processes Major Data Science Informal specialisation Statistics / Stochastic Processes Informal specialisation Selective subjects for B-BMED Informal specialisation Statistics / Stochastic Processes specialisation - 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.
Please note Single Subject Studies via Community Access Program is not available to student visa holders or applicants
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 1 December 2025