The aim of this course is to produce applied statisticians with a good general grounding in statistical theory and in mathematics. As a subject, statistics is concerned with drawing conclusions from uncertain data. This uncertainty is measured in terms of probabilities, and so probability theory is the mathematical basis of the subject. Modelling relationships is the most difficult task facing applied scientists, and statisticians are no exception. Many of the units are devoted to various ways of modelling uncertain data.
Analysis is always easier if the data have been collected scientifically.
The design of statistical surveys and of experiments are major topics in this degree course.