Portfolio of reports and/or oral presentations of case studies defined at the start of the module.

Portfolio

It is anticipated that there will be a minimum of two case studies per delivery of the module, but this may vary as case studies are developed. Generally, each project/case study will have the format:

Role of the Statistician in industry; problem definition (including data requirements, knowledge requirements, etc.); importance of the problem within the company; possible solution strategies (vague outline for discussion); report/presentation requirements.

Examples of such projects/case studies include:

Financial Statistics e.g. Actuarial problems.
Risk Analysis.
Medical Statistics in the Drugs industry.
Statistical process control in manufacturing.
Forensic statistics.
Recommender Systems.

Statistics in the Workplace - 6105STATS

Statistics in the Workplace

Define the many roles of a Statistician in industry. – e.g. Financial Statistician, Risk Analyst, etc.

Critically evaluate and analyse problem results in terms of industry requirements.

Communicate outcomes in a formal scientific manner (either written or verbal).

Solve work-based problems using any necessary statistical techniques and tools.