STAT2402 Analysis of Observations (University of Western Australia): rated 2.4/5 overall, difficulty 3.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 0.5/5 across 43 reviews collected on UWA Wall.
STAT2402 is a University of Western Australia course taught by the Physics, Mathematics and Computing in Natural and Physical Sciences. This page brings together its handbook details and what UWA students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 观测分析
Type: Undergraduate unit
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Natural and Physical Sciences
Faculty: Physics, Mathematics and Computing
Level: Undergraduate Level 2
Handbook year: 2026
Many real-world problems involve analysing data sets that are not normally distributed. For example, binomial data in the form of presence/absence recordings, Poisson data measured as counts of rare events such as car accidents, Gamma data for measurements of rainfall and Weibull data for the expected lifetimes of machinery.
STAT2402 has 43 scored reviews: overall 2.4/5 · usefulness 2.0 · difficulty 3.0 · would-recommend 0.5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 2 reviews by UWA students on UWA Wall (2.7/5 overall); 11 StudentVIP reviews (average 2.1 stars); 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.5/5).
On Reddit: "Outside of this test... my midsem is not in the box as of Friday (and he's probably going to destroy them soon), the 'recordings' are just reading of the slides, everyone is assumed to be R masters, communication is bad. And also numerous students myself included couldn't load t…"
On Reddit: "Hey. I'm in my final semester. Short summary: Course overall has been good. The cohort is very small in terms of student numbers and tight knit (cause of the challenging nature of the content), everyone knows everyone basically. It is difficult. Some units are extremely challeng…"
The course panel on UWA Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is STAT2402 hard?
A: Students rate STAT2402's difficulty 3.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is STAT2402 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 43 reviews: would-recommend 0.5/5, usefulness 2.0/5, overall 2.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches STAT2402, and when is it offered?
A: STAT2402 is taught by the Physics, Mathematics and Computing. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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