2024/25 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

MATH5871M Dissertation in Statistics

60 creditsClass Size: 150

Module manager: Luisa Cutillo
Email: mscstats_dsa@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Jun to 30 Sep View Timetable

Year running 2024/25

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On completion of this module, students should be able to:
a) be taught through research experience the planning, execution and maintenance of a statistics project;
b) present their project as a dissertation, which will be presented orally.

Skills outcomes
Transferable Skills:
- Literature search
- Mathematical type-setting
- Writing techniques
- Programming.

Syllabus

Each student will discuss with an individual supervisor a suitable research project. The title and objectives of the project will be approved by the Programme Manager.

As far as possible, the projects will reflect the particular interests of individual students.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Supervision Meetings	6	1.00	6.00
Private study hours			594.00
Total Contact hours			6.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			600.00

Private study

Reading books and journal articles, writing mathematics, and performing computations and analyses as required by the research under the guidance of the supervisor.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Progress monitored through supervision meetings (6 x 1 hour).

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	orally presented and examined	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

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