MATH5855 Multivariate Analysis (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 5 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MATH5855 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: 多元分析
Type: Postgraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Postgraduate Level 5
Handbook year: 2026
The course gives a methodological background in multivariate analysis as a backbone of Applied Statistics. It introduces multivariate techniques including principal component analysis; canonical correlation analysis; cluster analysis; factor analysis and discriminant analysis.
MATH5855 has 5 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 5 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.5/5).
On Reddit: "Late to party. Graduating with masters of stats. >Math5835 Stochastic Processes Depends on lecturer, but ours was absurdly hard as the lecturer couldn't teach his way out of a paper bag but was the only one qualified. Prereq though so find a good book and self study. >Math5806 A…"
On Reddit: "Hey, Okay so instead of math5836, I dropped it and took math5960 instead, which is Bayesian. Much better course. It's challenging but imo it is quite useful for statisticians and Data scientists. As with the other 2, 5855 and 5945 are more research and assignment related stuff i…"
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Q: Is MATH5855 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH5855, and when is it offered?
A: MATH5855 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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