Big step up from MAST20004 this is one of the difficult maths subjects to take in a second year if you are deciding on specialising on Statistics in your Maths and Stats major, data science, or commerce that is. Your first week teaches the basics of probability(reason you take this subject). I do not recommend doing it in the summer how the lecturer was being taught he literally just reads of from his lectures. New to this subject was the R statistical programming package you use in labs after finishing your tutorial, which you are using later on in the lab test. Assignments were a bit rigorous for some of the questions and the ones you have to learn R in some of the questions. The past exam questions were decent and if you're curious you can try the MAST90058 exams they basically share the same content. I recommand Damjan as your lecturer and try your best to finish the labs and tutorial materials ahead of time.

Damjan is a solid lecturer and delivered the content quite clearly. Quality of tutors ranged from acceptable to quite good depending on which class you got. There are a ton of resources for the subject which is great, everything released at the start of the subject. There is a lab test and lab component to the subject. I found these to be the weakest parts of the subject as it's just using R like a calculator. I would've liked to see the labs overhauled with a more focused purpose, especially considering 3rd year stats uses R a lot. Exam is consistent year to year.

A good subject with acceptable-pacing and clear delivery of materials. There is a lot of past exams available for practice. Need to get acquainted with using R program for the lab test which can be quite dreadful, but overall manageable. Most of the topics are linked to one another making it easier to grasp.

Probably the most well-resourced subject I've ever taken. Lectures slides + notes version of the slides released at the start of the semester, along with all the tutes and labs. I would recommend printing off either the slides or notes into a bound book. The content is reasonably tricky and while it can appear a bit dry initially, I really came to appreciate this subject once I understood the topics well enough for everything to start to come together. The 10% R Lab test means it's best to keep on top of the workshops, but you don't have to understand them perfectly to get almost all the lab test marks (the way you need to understand the theory almost perfectly to ace the exam), since it's mostly just the first half of the course that is assessed in the lab test. Damjan is a good, consistent lecturer.

Decent subject; well organised, but could probably benefit with more focus on R given the lab test

Fairly interesting and well organised subject; Somewhat applicable to real life

Very dry subject

Very useful subject for those interested in analysing data! There is a focus on real life applications, backed by theory which makes it very interesting for those who want to apply their mathematical skills to real problems.