Module description

This module covers three application areas of statistics: multivariate methods, demography and epidemiology and sampling.


Module aims

The aim of this module is:

  • To foster statistical thinking and create data scientists that have both theoretic knowledge and application skills.


Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students will be expected to:

  • Understand and to apply multivariate methods;
  • Assess the results of discriminant analysis, principal components, cluster analysis and multivariate analysis of variance;
  • Understand and to apply demographical and epidemiological methods;
  • Understand and to apply sampling methods.

From https://www1.essex.ac.uk/modules/Default.aspx?coursecode=MA321&level=6&period=SP&campus=CO&year=23 (last access 18 February 2024)