STAT6039 Principles of Mathematical Statistics
Not offered in 20246 units6000-level
A first course in mathematical statistics with emphasis on applications; probability, random variables, moment generating functions and correlation, sampling distributions, estimation of parameters by the methods of moments and maximum likelihood, hypothesis testing, the central limit theorem, and Bayesian statistics.
- 2024not offered
- 2025not listed
- 2026not listed
- 2027not listed
Prerequisites in 2024
The handbook's wording is ambiguous; this is a person's reading of it
One of
- enrolment in the a listed statistics, actuarial or bioinformatics master's
All of
- enrolment in the Master of Applied Data Analytics
- STAT7055
Why it's read this way: A list of statistics, actuarial and bioinformatics masters (the "M." abbreviations broke the sentence), or MADAN with STAT7055.
Incompatible with STAT2001, STAT2013, STAT6013: you can't count both.
The handbook's original wording (2024)
To enrol in this course, you must be enrolled in the M. Statistical Data Analysis, M. Actuarial Studies, M. Actuarial Practice, M. Statistics, MSc in Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics or MSc in Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics (Advanced). Students enrolled in M. Applied Data Analytics must have completed STAT7055 . Incompatible with STAT2001 , STAT2013 and STAT6013 .
What it leads to in 2024
These courses name STAT6039 in their 2024 prerequisites: