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STAT 300Principles of Survey Design

Faculty
Mathematics
Offered
Fall, Winter
Credit
0.5
Last listed
1985–86

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1976–77 to 1985–86; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

The design of surveys of human or natural populations for research and planning. How to take a representative sample; efficient estimation of population quantities and sample size determination; ways of reducing response bias.

As printed in the 1976–77 to 1985–86 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.

Requirements, as last listed

Prereq: An introductory half course in statistics. N.B.: Stat 300 cannot be taken for credit toward a BMath degree.

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

12 posts and comments in 12 threads mention STAT 300, February 2016 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2023

Spring 2021

Any Birdy 300/400 Level Stat Courses 1 point, 5 comments

u/bolton-js: “Hey guys, to satisfy a requirement I need 1 more STAT 300/400 level course. I'm looking to choose the birdiest one I can find, so I'm looking for some suggestions. I've done so far STAT 330, 331, 332, 341. So any one course outside this. Thanks!”

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Fall 2020

Anyone in Stat 300s? 4 points, 5 comments

u/Mathusiastic: “Is anyone else taking Stat 331, 333, 330 this term? If there is a discord or some kind of group chat out there for these courses please let me know or if anyone wants to work together please dm me. UPDATE: Please feel free to join the discords below. …”

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Fall 2018

BCS (Data Science) Plan 5 points, 5 comments

“Hey everyone! I'm currently in cs and I have been considering applying to the BCS Data Science program, and I was wondering: 1) What courses do they look at when I apply (ie do they only care about …”

u/kiwi137: “I applied in January and just got in, no idea how they evaluated it. I haven't felt like there is any advantage in being in data science, it doesn't even help with course selection. …”

u/kiwi137: “… I kind of regret changing to data science, because I don't really enjoy the stat 300s courses I'm taking, and I could've taken them anyway if I'm in CS. …”

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Spring 2018

Thoughts on STAT341? 6 points, 20 comments

“I want to take Stat341 in the fall with Ryan Patrick Browne but have heard a ton of negative rumours about the course and the prof. For those who took the course, what did you think of it? …”

u/groveyyymelveyyy: “… Wouldn't recommend all 3 stat 300s courses in the same term unless if you wanna give up all of your free time. …”

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Fall 2017

Winter 2017

Fall 2016

Question about workload/course textbooks(STATS, ACTSC, and AFM) 3 points, 6 comments

“I'm taking AFM101, STAT 330, STAT 340, ACTSC 231, and AMATH 250 next term. Does anyone have any insight regarding workload/course notes?”

u/canmail12: “Workload wise not bad. I found Stat 330 and 340 to be two of the easier Stat 300s courses. Amath 250 with the exception of 1-2 topics is also very straightforward. Actsci 231 was a hit or miss when I took it with Keith, but I personally found it okay.”

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Spring 2016

STAT 300 courses 2 points, 14 comments

u/waterloomathie: “Hey guys, I am in 3A math/ba single degree and have to take a math elective. I was thinking of a 300 stat course except 371 and 372 and their anti req's. Ive taken 230, 231. Thanks!”

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Winter 2016

BIRDIEST STAT/AMATH courses?! 2 points, 13 comments

“as the title suggests, homegirl needs easy stat/ amath courses to take as electives ! PS: no AMATH background, taken STAT 230 and 231,”

u/twofactorial: “… STAT 300s: 1. STAT 332 ... Experimental Design and Sampling. You literally just memorize models in this course. 2. STAT 340 ... Not heavy on statistical theory or math, but be ready to work with R 3. STAT 330 ... Lots of Calculus 4. STAT 331 ... Useful but quite challenging 5. …”

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Check it elsewhere

    In the scanned calendars

    How it read in each calendar from 1976–77 to 1985–86, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

    1976–77 to 1985–86 10 calendars

    The design of surveys of human or natural populations for research and planning. How to take a representative sample; efficient estimation of population quantities and sample size determination; ways of reducing response bias.

    Prereq: An introductory half course in statistics. N.B.: Stat 300 cannot be taken for credit toward a BMath degree.

    Offered Fall, Winter · 2 class, 1 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit

    * Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.