Further information: Probability for Statistics (MAST20006)

Further information

Texts
Prescribed texts
Hogg and Tanis, Probability and Statistical Inference. 8th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2010.
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 Actuarial Studies should take MAST20004 Probability instead of MAST20006 Probability for Statistics.

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
Course	Master of Science (Mathematics and Statistics)
Informal specialisation	Science Discipline subjects - new generation B-SCI
Informal specialisation	Statistics / Stochastic Processes
Informal specialisation	Discrete Mathematics / Operations Research
Informal specialisation	Applied Mathematics
Informal specialisation	Environments Discipline subjects
Major	Environmental Science
Breadth Track	Accelerated Mathematics
Breadth Track	Mathematics and Statistics
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.
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.
Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.

Last updated: 9 April 2025