? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : MAT-4-SFS

Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics.

Introduction using the Bayesian paradigm of some statistical ideas not presented elsewhere in the curriculum, along with other more familiar statistical ideas, with examples from forensic science and the evaluation of evidence.

? This course is not accepting further student enrolments.

? Pre-requisites : Passes at C or better in MAT-2-FoC, MAT-2-SVC, MAT-2-LiA, MAT-2-MAM, MAT-2-Prb, MAT-2-SMe, MAT-2-StM

Home subject area

Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours), (School of Mathematics, Schedule P)

Other subject areas

Specialist Statistics (Year 4), (School of Mathematics, Schedule P)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 13/01/2009 09:00 09:50 Lecture Room 5215, JCMB KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 09:00 09:50 KB Lecture Friday 09:00 09:50 KB

1. Increased familiarity with the Bayesian paradigm.

2. Familiarity with conditional probability and Bayesian inference.

Degree Examination: 100%

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Gillian Law
Tel : (0131 6)50 5085
Email : G.Law@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Liam O Carroll
Tel : (0131 6)50 5070
Email : L.O'Carroll@ed.ac.uk

Course Website : http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/