This course is compulsory on the BSc in Actuarial Science and BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics. This course is available on the BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, BSc in Mathematics and Economics, BSc in Mathematics with Economics and BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in Actuarial Science and BSc in Financial Mathematics and Statistics. This course is available on the BSc in Business Mathematics and Statistics, BSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, BSc in Mathematics and Economics, BSc in Mathematics with Economics and BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course will be delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totalling a minimum of 60 hours across Michaelmas Term and Lent Term. This year, some of this teaching may be delivered through a combination of virtual classes and flipped-lectures delivered as short online videos. This course includes reading weeks in Week 6 of Michaelmas Term and Lent Term.
Students will be expected to produce 4 pieces of coursework in the MT and LT. These are exam-style class tests.
M C Mavrakakis & J Penzer,?Probability and Statistical Inference: From Basic Principles to Advanced Models (primary reading)G C Casella & R L Berger, Statistical Inference (very useful as a reference)
Exam (50%, duration: 2 hours) in the January exam period. Exam (50%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period.