300-315 Actuarial Statistics

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300-315 Actuarial Statistics
Note	Students may not gain credit for both 300-315 Actuarial Statistics and either 300-331 Modelling in Insurance and Finance I or 620-301 Stochastic Modelling.
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	D Pitt
Prerequisites	300-313 Actuarial Modelling II.
Semester	2 (view timetable)
Contact	Three hours of lectures and/ or tutorials per week
Subject Description	Topics include experience rating; claim run-off triangles; generalised linear models; time series and their applications; simulation; decision theory.
Generic Skills	High level of development: written communication; problem solving; statistical reasoning; application of theory to practice; interpretation and analysis; synthesis of data and other information; evaluation of data and other information; use of computer software.
Assessment	A 2-hour end-of-semester examination (80%) and up to three assignments totalling not more than 20 pages (20%).

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