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Statistical modules at university.

My maths course at university (Southampton) is quite statistic based.

Now I know a fair bit about the Pure side, ie analysis and other topics with heavy emphasis on proving.

So is the stastics similar to A-level?

How does it differ from A-level statistics..
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majikthise
First year is basically A level stats, but with added calculus and rigour. You'll probably learn how to use R or some other statistical computer package as well.
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Swayum
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At LSE, in the first year, you cover (amongst other stuff):

1) The basic probability stuff

2) The standard distributions (normal, binomial, poisson, exponential, geometric, uniform, etc)

3) Estimation of parameters (in real life, you're not going to know the the value of lambda for a poisson distribution, so how do you estimate it from a sample of data?)

4) Hypothesis testing and a LOT of it (to check if your estimation is reliable, to check whether what you think has a geometric distribution actually does have a geometric distribution, to check if two populations have the same variance etc)

5) Regression (finding the best fit line/curve - there's a hell of a lot more to it than S1).
I'm just doing an economics degree and the statistics is far beyond A level stats, so I'd imagine for an actual Maths course it would be more.

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