MATH3811 Statistical Inference (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 2 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MATH3811 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in School of Mathematics & Statistics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 统计推断
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This course introduces students to the field of statistical inference including the main parametric and non-parametric techniques. During seminars and tutorials a range of topics will be introduced including uniformly minimum variance estimation, Cramer-Rao inequality, Lehmann-Scheffe theorem, monotone likelihood ratio distributions and uniformly most powerful unbiased tests, generalised likelihood ratio tests, exact tests and large sample tests, Bayesian point estimation,…
MATH3811 has 2 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.5/5).
On Reddit: "I did both in 2019, 3801 starts of easy but gets a lot harder around weeks 6-10 (I did not enjoy martingale and Brownian motion at all). 3811 is the opposite, I didn't like the beginning of it but it got easier later on (around bootstrapping). But I reckon if I read the lecture …"
On Reddit: "Okay I didnt do it in 2018 but I did both in the 1st sem this year. In my opinion math3801 starts of easy and is not so bad 1st 3-4 weeks, then it just gets more screwed up later on when you reach poisson processes and SOME continuous markov chain scenarios but not all of contin…"
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Q: Is MATH3811 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 2 reviews: overall 3.5/5. Only a few reviews so far, so treat this as a rough guide.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH3811, and when is it offered?
A: MATH3811 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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