Statistics (M343, M347, M348)

  • Statistics (M343, M347, M348): section 1

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Applications of probability (M343)

      Applications of probability (M343)

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Are you ready for M343?

      This quiz will help you decide whether you are ready to study M343.

      You can attempt the quiz as many times as you like and the questions will usually be different each time. You do not have to complete all the questions in one session.

      If you do not have an Open University computer username (OUCU), you will be asked to create one when starting this quiz.

      Please note that your activity on the quiz can be viewed by relevant Open University staff and may be used to help support your study planning, either directly or indirectly. A short overview of our data retention policy can be found on the Data protection and privacy notice page.


    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Module description

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    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Prior knowledge Before taking M343, you should con...

      Prior knowledge

      Before taking M343, you should confident in
      • algebra
      • functions, including the logarithmic and exponential functions
      • matrices
      • differentiation
      • integration
      • differential equations
      • hypothesis testing
      • basic probability
      • probability distributions
       You could gain these skills for, example, from prior study of Essential Mathematics 1 (MST124) or Essential Mathematics 2 (MST125), and Analysing Data (M248).

       You can check your skills using the Are You Ready For quiz above.
    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Sample extract

      Based on the module content, but presented in a different format.

  • Statistics (M343, M347, M348): section 2

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Mathematical statistics (M347)

      Mathematical statistics (M347)

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Are you ready for M347?

      This quiz will help you decide whether you are ready to study M347.

      You can attempt the quiz as many times as you like and the questions will usually be different each time. You do not have to complete all the questions in one session.

      If you do not have an Open University computer username (OUCU), you will be asked to create one when starting this quiz.

      Please note that your activity on the quiz can be viewed by relevant Open University staff and may be used to help support your study planning, either directly or indirectly. A short overview of our data retention policy can be found on the Data protection and privacy notice page.

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Module description

      Links to the OU's main site.

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Sample extract 1

      Based on the module content, but presented in a different format.

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Sample extract 2

      Based on the module content, but presented in a different format.

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Prior knowledge Before taking M347, you should con...

      Prior knowledge

      Before taking M347, you should confident in
      • algebra
      • calculus
      • matrices
      • normal, Poisson and binomial distributions
      • the central limit theorem
      • point and maximum likelihood estimation
      • confidence intervals
      • hypothesis testing
      • simple linear regression
      • correlation.
       You could gain these skills for, example, from prior study of Essential Mathematics 1 (MST124) and Analysing Data (M248).

      You can check your skills using the Are You Ready For quiz above.
  • Statistics (M343, M347, M348): section 3

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Applied statistical modelling (M348)

      Applied statistical modelling (M348)


    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Are you ready for M348?

      This quiz will help you decide whether you are ready to study M348.

      You can attempt the quiz as many times as you like and the questions will usually be different each time. You do not have to complete all the questions in one session.

      If you do not have an Open University computer username (OUCU), you will be asked to create one when starting this quiz.

      Please note that your activity on the quiz can be viewed by relevant Open University staff and may be used to help support your study planning, either directly or indirectly. A short overview of our data retention policy can be found on the Data protection and privacy notice page.


    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Module description

      Links to the OU's main site.

    • Students can manually mark this item complete: Prior knowledge Before taking M348, you should con...

      Prior knowledge

      Before taking M348, you should confident in
      • algebra
      • functions, including the logarithmic and exponential functions
      • histograms, boxplots and scatterplots
      • normal, Poisson and binomial distributions
      • the central limit theorem
      • confidence intervals
      • hypothesis testing
      • simple linear regression
      • correlation.
      You could gain these skills for, example, from prior study of Essential Mathematics 1 (MST124) and Analysing Data (M248).

      You can check your skills using the Are You Ready For quiz above.
  • Statistics (M343, M347, M348): section 4

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      • how to revise and refresh your knowledge and skills for the module
      • outline study calendar
      • sample units, so you can make a head-start

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