This is a core mathematical course, aiming to develop your understanding of fundamental concepts in probability and statistics such as random variables, independence, basic probability distributions, and confidence intervals. The course also prepares you for further statistics courses such as MH3500 in the Statistics Track.
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Midterm 1 (95%)
Midterm 2 (95%)
Class part
Finals
Overall: BI’m gonna say this once. I hated this module.
The module is easy but…honestly biased. However, I have to take this module as it is a prerequisite for MH3500 which I plan to take on in Year 3.Lecture takes place in 2 days a week, in the morning, 8.30am. Who suggested this? Idk. Anyways, guess what. There is also class participation for this module. So please show up for tutorials, the class part points are easy to get, just do, even if wrong.
But the reason why I give this a very low rating, is because it is very biased. Idk why but he refused to give me points and despite me screwing the finals, I did not receive any additional marks. I can’t even receive any additional marks for my midterms.
Meanwhile…I see other people getting additional 5, 10, 20 marks…for what? We also don’t know. And in the end. I suffered while others get to benefit from his 20 marks additional stuff, even with 90 % for both midterms. Honestly, this mod is easy but very biased. 2 10.
March 6, 2024 -
I would not have taken this module if I had the choice. Unfortunately, it was a core module for me, and I am not even a Math major. I took this during AY2020/21, so the assessment was thankfully not based on class participation at all. The module was a lot of pain and suffering, and half the time my group of friends did not know what was going on. One of the redeeming parts of this module were that for the 2 tests, the first 2 questions were easy, and only the last question was hard, so as long as you studied the basics and understood them, you could at least get a guaranteed 70/100 for those tests. I was also fortunate that the professor decided to set an easier paper for finals during my year, because most of the questions actually seemed doable unlike past year papers. Be prepared for a lot of practice and time spent trying to understand the concepts if you’re not good at Math. There is also some sort of a language barrier with the professor, and maybe even with the TAs, but as long as you don’t get my TA (who didn’t even wear a mask or face shield when teaching during tutorials…), maybe you can at least try to ask your tutor or the professor for extra consultations.
July 18, 2021 -
Year Taken: AY 17/18, Sem 1
Grade: SMid term 1 (20%)
Mid term 2 (25%)
Class participation(5%)
Final (50%)Uh…this is actually a year 2 math core, I took it because the prerequisites were MH1800 and MH1801, and since I did well for those 2 I thought this would be simple too. In the end I did really badly for the tests hais. I thought it wouldn’t be that hard since the first 3 weeks were about binomial, poisson and normal distribution which were taught in JC. I read reviews for this modules and they didn’t say it is so hard! Or is it because I’m not a math student haha, luckily can SU or I will die. Yes yes it’s great that I passed~ The textbook is available online too.
For the first mid term, 1 single-sided A4 cheat sheet can be brought to the exam, and 1 double-sided A4 cheat sheet for the second mid term. For the final, 2 double-sided A4 cheat sheet can be brought. I don’t know how to do well for this so go read other reviews instead~
Okay end of year 2 review, HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I added some links for the textbooks at the side bar but I think it is only visible on web view.
This review was reposted with the kind permission of Hairdryer. Originally published at https://ionhairdryer.blogspot.com/2018/01/ay1718-ntu-spms-cbc-y2s1.html
June 15, 2021
