ECON10005 Quantitative Methods 1 (University of Melbourne): rated 3.4/5 overall, difficulty 3.0/5 (higher is harder), would-recommend 2.0/5 across 74 reviews collected on UniMelb Wall.
ECON10005 is a University of Melbourne course taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics in Economics. This page brings together its handbook details and what UniMelb students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 定量方法1
Type: Undergraduate subject
Subject area: Economics
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Economics
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
This subject develops skills in descriptive and inferential statistical analysis that underpin data-informed decision-making in the various specializations within the faculty. It provides a foundation for all second-year quantitative subjects in the commerce degree.
ECON10005 has 74 scored reviews: overall 3.4/5 · usefulness 3.5 · difficulty 3.0 · would-recommend 2.0 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 1 review by UniMelb students on UniMelb Wall (2.2/5 overall); 47 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.6 stars); 26 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.2/5).
Student review (2026-07-28, translated): The course I want to complain about the most. The lecture quality is terrible, taught really badly, spent the whole semester relying on AI and high school stats knowledge. Final exam has a hurdle, the exam paper was normal difficulty but a bit tricky.
On Reddit: "the practice exams were always trickier than the actual exam i found if that makes u feel a bit better. just keep going over concepts and u should be okay! good luck and all the best <3"
On Reddit: "I reckon you're talking about Quantitative Methods 1. To put it simply it's a introductory to statistics course, which covers probability concepts in the first few weeks (MST1), then covers statistical concepts in the middle for MST2 (which is very confusing to me), and finally …"
The course panel on UniMelb Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is ECON10005 hard?
A: Students rate ECON10005's difficulty 3.0/5 on average (higher is harder), which makes it moderately difficult.
Q: Is ECON10005 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 74 reviews: would-recommend 2.0/5, usefulness 3.5/5, overall 3.4/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ECON10005, and when is it offered?
A: ECON10005 is taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Check the official handbook for the current year.
UniMelb Wall is an independent student community and is not affiliated with University of Melbourne.