Module manager: Luisa Cutillo
Email: mscstats_dsa@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 Jun to 30 Sep, 1 Jun to 30 Sep View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as an Elective
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) produce the required project outputs and present them orally.
Transferable Skills:
- Literature search
- Mathematical type-setting
- Presentation and communication
- Programming.
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.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supervision Meetings | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Private study hours | 594 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 6 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 600 | ||
Reading books and journal articles, writing mathematics, and performing computations and analyses as required by the research under the guidance of the supervisor.
Progress monitored through supervision meetings (6 x 1 hour).
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Project | Students will conduct an independent project where their findings are assessed via a selection of outputs which may include written reports, presentations, interviews, posters, reflective logs, notes of supervision meetings or other outputs relevant to the project. The detail of outputs required and their contribution to the overall module assessment will be detailed in the module handbook. | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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