ST2131 review (NUS)

in this review, i will be giving the rough description, assessment criteria and difficulty. i will not discuss about how easy or difficult to score a certain grade or what not. also, excuse my language.. i am not a professional writer.

ST2131: Probability

this module teaches a lot of statistical knowledge. permutations, combinations, probability, distributions. you will be taught tons and tons of formulas and expected to know how to apply them during exams. don’t worry, cheatsheet is allowed but that does not mean the paper will turn out easy. content heavy module but the stuff taught in this module is pretty applicable in future statistics and mathematics module.

as for grading wise, you are graded through midterm and final.

personally, i find this module slightly challenging. while there are certain initial chapters that teach us something we learn before university, the new stuff taught can be rather difficult and confusing. if you don’t love mathematics, especially statistics, this is not a module for you. the exams are pretty okay but from what i heard, their difficultly depends on the main coordinator. i guess i was a little lucky then.

as tips from someone who has taken this module, just be really consistent. i wasn’t so and kind of regret after recess week. for i could feel myself snowballing all my doubts and what not in the final parts of the semester.. which is not good. i had to scale a steeper hill during reading week. also, try to ace the midterm if you want a perfect score 5 for the module.

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