MATH5905 Statistical Inference (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.6/5 overall across 5 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
MATH5905 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: Postgraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Mathematics & Statistics
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Postgraduate Level 5
Handbook year: 2026
This postgraduate course presents general inference theory based on maximum likelihood and on Bayes methods. Estimation, confidence set construction, and hypothesis testing are discussed within decision-theoretic framework.
MATH5905 has 5 scored reviews: overall 2.6/5 · usefulness 4.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 StudentVIP review (average 4.0 stars); 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.3/5).
On Reddit: "hey.. this is exactly what I felt after attending the first 2 lectures. The lecturer really does not explain the concepts very well tbh. I decided to drop the class since it was only an elective for my program (Masters of IT)"
On Reddit: "I had the same feeling when attending the first lecture… For the background, I did some basic stats and probability courses back in my bachelors, but I found those “prior knowledge” in this course is much more in depth than what I learned back then, so I eventually dropped it in…"
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Q: Is MATH5905 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 5 reviews: usefulness 4.0/5, overall 2.6/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches MATH5905, and when is it offered?
A: MATH5905 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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