ST312      Half Unit
Applied Statistics Project

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Dr Yunxiao Chen

Availability

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Data Science. This course is available on the BSc in Actuarial Science, BSc in Actuarial Science (with a Placement Year) and BSc in Mathematics, Statistics and Business. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. This course is not available to General Course students.

This course is not controlled access. If you request a place and meet the criteria you are likely to be given a place.

Requisites

Pre-requisites:

Students must have completed ST102 before taking this course.

Additional requisites:

This course is suitable for third-year students.

Course content

Students will produce a project involving a critical investigation and collation of statistical data on a topic of their own interest.

Teaching

This course will be delivered through a combination of workshops and seminars totalling a minimum of 9 hours across Autumn term, 2 hours of workshop in the Winter term and 2 hours of workshop in the Spring term. Students on this course will have a research week in week 6 of Autumn term where they can look up data sources for their assessed project.

Formative assessment

Oral presentations at the end of Autumn term and Week 6 of Winter term.

 

Indicative reading

Bryman (2008) ‘Social Research Methods’

Saunders (2009) ‘Research Methods for Business Students’

Johnson (2009) ‘Writing a Quantitative Research Thesis’

Verzani (2002) ‘Using R for Introductory Statistics’

Assessment

Presentation (10%)

Project (90%)


Key facts

Department: Statistics

Unit value: Half unit

FHEQ Level: Level 6

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: 24

Average class size 2024/25: 24

Capped 2024/25: No
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