The Statistics specialisation is designed for students who wish to:
- Develop a greater understanding of statistical principles and their application;
- Improve analytical skills for interpreting and analysing statistical information;
- Gain greater insight into the Australian and international financial markets;
- Increase management skills for dealing with organisations, teams and policy issues; and,
- Expand their applied knowledge in various specialised areas of statistics.
Learning Outcomes
Recognise the important role of statistical principles and their application;
Demonstrate the necessary analytical skills for interpreting and analysing statistical information;
Demonstrate well developed insight into the Australian and international financial markets;
Justify and communicate the necessary management skills for dealing with organisations, teams and policy issues, to be able to work independently and collaboratively to collect, process, interpret and communicate the outcomes of statistical problems; and,
Demonstrate the skills necessary to engage with and evaluate statistical problems critically.
Other Information
Students wishing to gain entry to a further program in Statistics or Actuarial Studies are advised to seek course selection advice from the program convenor. If you are unsure who the program convenor is, please contact info.cbe@anu.edu.au.
Relevant Degrees
Requirements
This specialisation requires the completion of 24 units, which must consist of:
24 units from the completion of the following course(s):
EMET8005 - Econometric Methods and Modelling
EMET8012 - Business and Economic Forecasting
FINM7006 - Applied Foundations of Finance
STAT6018 - Stochastic Modelling
STAT6026 - Graphical Data Analysis
STAT6027 - Statistical Inference
STAT6029 - Design of Experiments and Surveys
STAT6030 - Generalised Linear Models
STAT6038 - Regression Modelling
STAT6039 - Principles of Mathematical Statistics
STAT6042 - Survival Models
STAT6043 - Life Contingencies
STAT6045 - Actuarial Techniques
STAT6046 - Financial Mathematics
STAT6056 - Advanced Mathematical Statistics
STAT7055 - Introductory Statistics for Business and Finance
STAT8002 - Applied Time Series Analysis
STAT8053 - Applied Research Essay
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